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Different Antenna Types

May 3, 2022

There are many different classification methods, we list some for reference:

WIRE ANTENNAS

Short Dipole Antennas / Dipole Antennas / Half-Wave Dipole / Broadband Dipoles / Monopole Antennas / Folded Dipole Antennas / Loop Antennas / Cloverleaf Antennas /

TRAVELLING WAVE ANTENNAS

Helical Antennas / Yagi-Uda Antennas / Spiral Antennas /

REFLECTOR ANTENNAS

Corner Reflector / Parabolic Reflector (Dish Antenna) /

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS

Rectangular Microstrip (Patch) Antennas / Planar Inverted-F Antennas (PIFA) /

LOG-PERIODIC ANTENNAS

Bow Tie Antennas / Log-Periodic Antennas / Log-Periodic Dipole Array /

APERTURE ANTENNAS

Slot Antennas / Cavity-Backed Slot Antennas / Inverted-F Antennas / Slotted Waveguide Antennas / Horn Antennas / Vivaldi Antennas / Telescopes

OTHER ANTENNAS

NFC Antennas / Fractal Antennas / Wearable Antennas

Antennas have to be classified to understand their physical structure and functionality more clearly. There are many types of antennas depending upon the applications applications.

Type of antennas	Examples	Applications
Wire Antennas	Dipole antenna, Monopole antenna, Helix antenna, Loop antenna	Personal applications, buildings, ships, automobiles, space crafts
Aperture Antennas	Waveguide (opening), Horn antenna	Flush-mounted applications, air-craft, space craft
Reflector Antennas	Parabolic reflectors, Corner reflectors	Microwave communication, satellite tracking, radio astronomy
Lens Antennas	Convex-plane, Concave-plane, Convex-convex, Concaveconcave lenses	Used for very highfrequency applications
Micro strip Antennas	Circular-shaped, Rectangularshaped metallic patch above the ground plane	Air-craft, space-craft, satellites, missiles, cars, mobile phones etc
Array Antennas	Yagi-Uda antenna, Micro strip patch array, Aperture array, Slotted wave guide array	Used for very high gain applications, mostly when needs to control the radiation pattern