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Miniature drone antenna design for the detection of airliners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2020

Alassane Sidibe Open the ORCID record for Alassane Sidibe [Opens in a new window] ,
Gaël Loubet ,
Alexandru Takacs ,
Guillaume Ferré  and
Anthony Ghiotto
Alassane Sidibe*
Affiliation:
LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 7, Avenue du Colonel Roche, 31400Toulouse, France Uwinloc, 9, Rue Humbert Tomatis, 31200Blagnac, France
Gaël Loubet
Affiliation:
LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 7, Avenue du Colonel Roche, 31400Toulouse, France
Alexandru Takacs
Affiliation:
LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 7, Avenue du Colonel Roche, 31400Toulouse, France
Guillaume Ferré
Affiliation:
IMS Laboratory, Université de Bordeaux-IPB ENSEIRB-MATMECA, 351, cours de la libération, 33400Talence, France
Anthony Ghiotto
Affiliation:
IMS Laboratory, Université de Bordeaux-IPB ENSEIRB-MATMECA, 351, cours de la libération, 33400Talence, France
*
Author for correspondence: Alassane Sidibe, E-mail: asidibe@laas.fr
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Abstract

In this paper, the design of a miniature antenna dedicated to the detection of airliners through the demodulation of Automatic Dependence Surveillance-Broadcast system (ADS-B) signals is presented. This antenna is designed for being embedded on the top of a drone in order to detect and avoid collisions with airliners. This antenna consists of an array of Planar Inverted-F Antennas, a quadrature feed network (FN) and a reflector plane (RP). The FN is designed to have output signals with the same amplitude and a 90° phase difference between each other. It achieves circular polarization and maintains the axial ratio of the antenna under −3 dB at the desired frequency (1.09 GHz). The antenna with the FN was manufactured and characterized. It weighs approximately 145 kg with its RP. The measured gain of the proposed antenna is about +3.7 dBi. To validate the design, the manufactured antenna was tested with a Universal Software Radio Peripheral for the processing of ADS-B signals at the French National Microwaves Days 2019 (JNM) student contest. The detection of airliners can reach up to 437 km.

Keywords

PIFA antennacircular polarizationAutomatic Dependence Surveillance-Broadcast system (ADS-B)airliners detection
Type
IJMWT Special Issue on the 2019 National Microwave Days
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 2021 , pp. 21 - 27
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2020

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