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Vivaldi antennas: a historical review and current state of art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2020

Anindita Bhattacharjee ,
Abhirup Bhawal ,
Anirban Karmakar Open the ORCID record for Anirban Karmakar [Opens in a new window] ,
Anuradha Saha  and
Diptendu Bhattacharya
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Affiliation:
Electronics & Communication Engineering Department, Tripura University (A Central University), Tripura, India
Abhirup Bhawal
Affiliation:
Electronics & Communication Engineering Department, Tripura University (A Central University), Tripura, India
Anirban Karmakar*
Affiliation:
Electronics & Communication Engineering Department, Tripura University (A Central University), Tripura, India
Anuradha Saha
Affiliation:
Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Garia, Kolkata, India
Diptendu Bhattacharya
Affiliation:
CSE Department, NIT, Agartala, India
*
Author for correspondence: Anirban Karmakar, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The progressions in the field of wireless technology can be highly attributed to the development of antennas, which can access high data rates, provide significant gain and uniform radiation characteristics. One such antenna called the Vivaldi antenna has attracted the utmost attention of the researchers owing to its high gain, wide bandwidth, low cross-polarization, and stable radiation characteristics. Over the years, different procedures have been proposed by several researchers to improve the performance of the Vivaldi antennas. Some of these different approaches are feeding mechanisms, integration of slots, dielectric substrate selection, and radiator shape. Correspondingly, the performance of a Vivaldi antenna can be increased by including dielectric lens, parasitic patch in between two radiators, corrugations, as well as metamaterials. This paper gives a systematic identification, location, and analysis of a large number of performance enhancement methods of Vivaldi antenna design depicting their concepts, advantages, drawbacks, and applications. The principal emphasis of this article is to offer an outline of the developments in the design of Vivaldi antennas over the last few years, where the most important offerings, mostly from IEEE publications, have been emphasized. This review work aims to reveal a promising path to antenna researchers for its advancement using Vivaldi antennas.

Keywords

Vivaldi Antennadielectric directorfractalmetamaterialmicrowave imaging
Type
Antenna Design, Modelling and Measurements
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International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 13 , Issue 8 , October 2021 , pp. 833 - 850
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the European Microwave Association

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