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

<div>Measured and simulated radiation patterns of the antipodal Vivaldi antenna. -<svg height="8.69875pt" id="M33" 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>- measured copolarization, — measured cross-polarization, -<svg height="9.69047pt" id="M34" style="vertical-align:-0.3499298pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.34054 10.8779 9.69047" width="10.8779pt" 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="M799 12L418 655H408L27 12L34 0H792L799 12ZM711 50H115L413 553L711 50Z" id="g117-65"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="826" vert-adv-y="826"></glyph.data></g></svg>- simulated copolarization, and -<svg height="8.68571pt" id="M35" style="vertical-align:-0.2063999pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.47931 9.12938 8.68571" 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="M674 312C674 491 527 636 346 636S19 491 19 312S165 -11 346 -11S674 133 674 312ZM616 312C616 161 495 39 346 39S77 161 77 312S197 586 346 586S616 463 616 312Z" id="g185-27"></path><glyph.data ascent="989" descent="-303" horiz-adv-x="692" vert-adv-y="692"></glyph.data></g></svg>- simulated cross-polarization.</div>

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Figure 5: A Wideband End-Fire Conformal Vivaldi Antenna Array Mounted on a Dielectric Cone 