Design and Simulation of IFF/ATC Antenna for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Keywords:
Antenna, IFF, ATC, UAV.
Abstract
In aerial applications, for identifying friend and foe, Traffic control and air defense, a system called IFF (identification friend or foe) for military vehicles or ATC (air traffic control) for civilian vehicles is used. For unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), because of widely use, it is inevitable to use IFF/ATC systems for both air defense against enemy and traffic control. In this paper, an efficient antenna in terms of size and parameters (gain, VSWR, radiation pattern and impedance), is designed and simulated. Obtained results showed good performance comparing with civilian and military airplane antennas.References
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[3] STANAG4193 Document, “TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF IFF MK XA AND MK XII INTERROGATORS AND TRANSPONDERS (PART V) - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MKXIIA SYSTEM,” NATO Standard, 2016.
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[5] W. L. Stutzman, G. A. Thiele, ”Antenna theory and design,” 3rd edition, Wiley, 2013.
[6] H. Nakano, R. Suzuki, J. Yamauchi, “Low-profile inverted-F antenna with parasitic elements on an infinite ground plane,” IEE Proceedings Microwaves Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 145, pp. 321-325, No 4, August 1998.
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Published
2017-06-15
How to Cite
Sharifi-Tehrani, O., Sadeghi, A., & Razavi, S. M. J. (2017). Design and Simulation of IFF/ATC Antenna for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Majlesi Journal of Mechatronic Systems, 6(1). Retrieved from https://ms.majlesi.info/index.php/ms/article/view/311
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