Broadband Wire Arrays

Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Equivalent Circuit An Array With Groundplane and no Dielectric Practical Layouts of Closely Spaced Dipole Arrays Combination of the Impedance Components How to Obtain Greater Bandwidth Array with a Groundplane and a Single Dielectric Slab Actual Calculated Case: Array with Groundplane and Single Dielectric Slab Array with Groundplane and Two Dielectric Slabs Comparison Between the Single- and Double-Slab Array Calculated Scan Impedance for Array with Groundplane and Two Dielectric Slabs Common Misconceptions Conclusions