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

<div>Simulated radiation patterns of conformal antenna with different cone thickness. -<svg height="7.34169pt" id="M46" 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 (5 mm), (the black dash lines) cross-polarization (5 mm), -<svg height="8.69875pt" id="M47" 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 (7 mm), (the red dash lines) cross-polarization (7 mm), -<svg height="8.37253pt" id="M48" style="vertical-align:-0.2063904pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.16614 9.12938 8.37253" width="9.12938pt" 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="M662 300C662 472 520 612 346 612S31 472 31 300S172 -11 346 -11S662 128 662 300Z" id="g185-54"></path><glyph.data ascent="989" descent="-303" horiz-adv-x="692" vert-adv-y="692"></glyph.data></g></svg>- copolarization (10 mm), and — cross-polarization (10 mm).</div>

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Figure 13: A Wideband End-Fire Conformal Vivaldi Antenna Array Mounted on a Dielectric Cone 