A Wideband End-Fire Conformal Vivaldi Antenna Array Mounted on a Dielectric Cone

<div>Simulated radiation patterns of plane antenna and conformal antenna. -<svg height="7.34169pt" id="M44" style="vertical-align:-0.3499303pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.99176 7.75925 7.34169" width="7.75925pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M540 9V501H48V9H540Z" id="g114-154"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="587" vert-adv-y="587"></glyph.data></g></svg>- copolarization (plane), --- cross-polarization (plane), -<svg height="8.69875pt" id="M45" style="vertical-align:-0.3499298pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.34882 8.85534 8.69875" width="8.85534pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M651 2L336 538H334L19 2L21 0H649L651 2Z" id="g114-160"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="671" vert-adv-y="671"></glyph.data></g></svg>- copolarization (conformal), and — cross-polarization (conformal).</div>

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Figure 11: A Wideband End-Fire Conformal Vivaldi Antenna Array Mounted on a Dielectric Cone 