Owing to their ability to conform to the underlying structure, microstrip antennas have a variety of applications to objects with a curved surface. The utilization can be, for example, on aircraft, missiles, ships, satellites etc. In many cases, where the radius of curvature is large, a planar theoretical approach is sufficient. However, when the radius of curvature is small, the curvature of the surface cannot be neglected. The purpose of this chapter is to describe how theoretical design models, previously developed for planar structures, are extended to the cylindrical case, and to verify the theory with experimental results.

Inspec keywords: antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas

Other keywords: microstrip antennas; curved surface; cylindrical surface

Subjects: Antenna theory