Antipodal Vivaldi antenna array with high gain and reduced mutual coupling for UWB applications

Abstract

An Antipodal Vivaldi antenna (A VA) with enhanced radiation characteristics for UWB applications is presented in this paper. By using of a triangular director with high permittivity in the end of the antenna aperture, the directivity, the beamwidth and the mutual decoupling are ameliorated over the wideband applications. In order to achieve a compact structure with higher gain and ameliorated mutual decoupling, 1×4 planar antenna array is proposed.