Document Type thesis Author Name Harty, Daniel D. URN etd-011411-110214 Title Novel Design of a Wideband Ribcage-Dipole Array and its Feeding Network Degree MS Department Electrical & Computer Engineering Advisors Sergey Makarov, Co-Advisor Francesca Scirč Scappuzzo , Co-Advisor Reinhold Ludwig , Committee Member Angelo Puzella, Committee Member Keywords volumetric dipole Wilkinson power divider feeding network wideband dipole array Date of Presentation/Defense 2010-12-17 Availability unrestricted
In this thesis the focus was on the design, fabrication, and tests of the feeding networks individually and within an array system. The array feeding network is a corporate-fed type utilizing equal-split, stepped-multiple sections of the conventional Wilkinson power divider in microstrip form with a unique topology. The feeding network was specifically designed for a broadside relatively small linearly-polarized wideband UHF non-scanning array for directed power applications that uses an array radiator with a new volumetric ribcage dipole configuration. The array has a large impedance bandwidth and consistent front lobe gain over the wide frequency band. Theoretical and experimental results describing the performance of the array feeding network and the array are presented and discussed.
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