Development of Compact Antenna for Drone Applications

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Development of Compact Antenna for Drone Applications

Year : 2025

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Source Title : 2025 International Conference on Engineering Innovations and Technologies, ICoEIT 2025

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Abstract

In this study, the design and analysis of a compact conformal antenna for use in drone applications are presented. With a total dimension of 35 × 52 mm2, the antenna had a substrate dielectric constant of 2.2 and a thickness of 1.6 mm. Additionally, the antenna model had a truncated square patch in addition to two slots in the shape of an I. Software that is part of the Computer Simulation Technology (CST) industry is used to simulate the antenna model. The antenna is capable of achieving broad band performance, which allows it to successfully cover the frequency range of 5.2-5.4 GHz in the common band. The antenna that was designed displays outstanding return loss characteristics of -19.0dB at the corresponding frequency range, as determined by analysis and simulation. This demonstrates that the impedance matching is strong and that the power transmission is efficient. Because of its small size and low weight, the microstrip antenna is the ideal candidate for incorporation into a wide variety of communication and drone systems.