Antenna Types
34 entries in the Antenna Types compendium.
Active antennaAn antenna with active electronics for compact size and wide bandwidth.ADA (smart antenna)Smart antenna that navigates through heavy GNSS jamming.Adcock antennaFour-element vertical array for directional radio transmission and reception.ALLISSRotatable shortwave antenna system with solid radiators for international broadcasting.AN/FLR-9Cold War HF/DF array nicknamed "Elephant Cage."AN/FRD-10Cold War circular antenna array for high-frequency direction finding.AN/SPQ-11A ship-based PESA radar for tracking ballistic missiles and space objects.Digital antenna arraySmart antenna using multi-channel digital beamforming via FFT.Antenna arrayMultiple antennas working together to form a single, directional antenna.Antenna typesAntennas grouped by electrical operating principles.Automotive V2X antennasSpecialized RF antennas for vehicle-to-everything communication in the 5.9 GHz band.Batwing antennaFirst widely used TV broadcasting antenna with wide bandwidth.Beam waveguide antennaA dish antenna that routes radio beams via waveguides to a base feed house.Beverage antennaA long-wire traveling wave receiving antenna for low and medium frequencies.Biconical antennaA broadband dipole antenna with a bandwidth of three octaves or more.CantennaHomemade directional waveguide antenna from a metal can.Cassegrain antennaA parabolic antenna using a convex secondary reflector to redirect the feed beam.Circularly disposed antenna arrayLarge circular antenna array for radio direction finding.Coaxial antennaA half-wave dipole antenna used as a vertically polarized omnidirectional antenna.Collinear antenna arrayHigh gain omnidirectional antenna array of collinear dipoles or quarter-wave elements.Conformal antennaFlat array antenna conforming to a curved surface.Corner reflector antennaA directional VHF/UHF antenna with moderate gain and wide bandwidth.Crossed field antennaA disputed low-frequency antenna design with unsubstantiated efficiency claims.Dielectric resonatorA ceramic resonator using permittivity change to confine microwaves.Dielectric resonator antennaA ceramic-block antenna efficient at high microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies.Dipole antennaOne of the two simplest and most widely used antenna types.Directional antennaA directional antenna focuses radio waves in a specific direction.Discone antennaWideband vertical antenna with disc and cone structure.Dual-band blade antennaA blade antenna supporting two or more aeronautical frequency bands.Evolved antennaAntenna designed by evolutionary algorithms for demanding requirements.Fan-beam antennaA directional antenna with a narrow beam in one dimension and wide in the other.Folded unipole antennaA monopole antenna with a vertical skirt of wires for AM broadcasting.Fractal antennaA compact antenna using self-similar designs for multiband operation.Ground dipoleA massive ELF antenna using the earth as part of its circuit.
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