The cylindrical geometry can offer certain desirable antenna characteristics that are not provided by planar elements. In this paper, a three-element cylindrical conformal array antenna has been presented as a candidate for use in wireless communications and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Each element in the array is a microstrip fed rectangular patch antenna designed to resonate at 2.4...

Improving antenna performance is an important topic in antenna design. This paper proposes an improved planar array antenna to achieve proper input impedance matching and suppress the undesired surface waves by utilizing a new center-fed coaxial-to-SIW transition and a uniplanar electromagnetic band-gap (UC-EBG) structure. A proposed center coaxial feed is used in substrate integrated waveguide...