Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Active Skin Antenna with 3D Printing Array Framework

Table 5

Electrical performance indexes of active skin antenna under undeformed conditions.

Plane	Desired beam direction (°)	Actual beam direction (°)	Gain (dB)	Beam width (°)	Maximum side lobe level (dB)
xoz-plane	0°	0.2	21.2	11.6	−14.1
xoz-plane	15°	14.7	20.9	12.2	−13.5
xoz-plane	30°	29.3	20.2	13	−12.1
xoz-plane	−15°	−14.3	20.8	12.5	−13.8
xoz-plane	−30°	−29.0	19.9	13.8	−11.3
yoz-plane	0°	0.4	21.2	21.2	−13.7
yoz-plane	15°	14.9	21.0	23	−12.5
yoz-plane	−15°	−14.2	20.9	23.8	−12.6