Skew Planar Wheel Antenna for First Person View of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

The application of the unmanned aerial vehicle has covered various sectors of life and employs a first person view communication system to conduct real-time monitoring. This research presents the design and measurement of a skew planar wheel antenna that is used to visualize first person view perspective of unmanned aerial vehicle. The antenna has been designed using CST to have return loss ≤ -10 dB, bandwidth ≥ 100 MHz to cover outdoor access point band from 5.725 to 5.825 GHz, omnidirectional radiation pattern and elliptical polarization. Dimensions of skew planar wheel antenna have been modified using parameter sweep technique to provide good performances. The simulation results provide return loss -19.693 dB, bandwidth 828.8 MHz, gain 3.292 dB and axial ratio 8.3734. Meanwhile, the measurement results provide return loss -19.476 dB, bandwidth 790.5 MHz, gain 3.2754 dB and axial ratio 3.2063.