Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper presents a miniaturized Vivaldi antenna with a scan volume of ± 30° designed for the 6–18 GHz tactical operational band, commonly employed in phased array systems and modern surveillance applications. The proposed antenna offers enhanced radiation characteristics, low cross polarization, broad beam width, and moderate gain. The design presented in this paper follows a step-by-step approach to achieve enhanced performance in terms of multi-octave bandwidth and compact size. Initially, a traditional Vivaldi antenna was designed and examined, with a modified feed structure. Subsequently, corrugated edges were inserted into the antenna, increasing its electrical length and resulting in good impedance matching, especially in the 6–10 GHz frequency band. A prototype model is fabricated and tested to validate its performance against the simulation results. The measured results demonstrate that the return loss (S11) remains below −10 dB across the operating frequency range, achieving a 50% bandwidth, with a gain of 3–7 dB, and improved co-cross polarization of −23 dB at 6 GHz and −26 dB at 18 GHz.
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