Innovative Antenna Solutions

Innovative Antenna Solutions

100 Exploration Way, Suite 300Hampton, Virginia 23666www.appliedem.com

Phone: 757‐224 2035Fax: 757‐282 7808Email: [email protected]

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APPLIED EM is a pioneer in innovative compact antenna designs forcommercial and defense applications. In collaboration withuniversities and industry partners, Applied EM specializes indeveloping small form factor antennas that reliably perform inrelatively low VHF/UHF frequencies. Applied EM’s product lineincludes state of the art compact broadband antennas that cover100MHz to 18GHz, compact direction finding antennas for VHF/UHFbands and compact GPS/Anti-Jam GPS antennas. Applied EM alsodeveloped novel “paint-on” antenna technology for conformalapplications. Custom designs are available for OEM production.Applied EM also develops innovative electromagnetic simulation toolsusing asymptotic computational techniques.

Applied EM offers engineering services to adapt ourantennas to meet your MIL‐STD 810 or RTCA DO‐160compliance requirements.




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Compact GPS/Anti‐jam GPS Antennas, 5AEM‐AJGPS045AEM‐DBGPS01AEM‐SAC0401

Composite/Metallic Platform Paint on Antennas, 10AEM‐GPS‐POA‐01AEM‐IRIDIUM‐POA‐01AEM‐ISM‐POA‐01AEM‐VHF‐POA‐01

Compact Broadband Antennas,15AEM‐SAS0611AEM‐SAS1831AEM‐SAS0411AEM‐SAC0621AEM‐SAC0921AEM‐SAC1221AEM‐SAC0301AEM‐UWB2603AEM‐OM‐03AEM‐DF1613

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COMPACT GPS/ANTI‐JAM GPS

ANTENNAS

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Why Compact GPS/Anti‐Jam GPS Antennas ?

Unmanned Vehicles are being developed for everythingthese days. The size, weight, and power of your antennaare going to determine how long, how far, and howpowerful your unmanned vehicle can go.

Unless your platform has an Anti‐Jam GPS antenna, onesimple, easy to make, high‐power jammer can wipe outyour navigation system. Most Anti‐Jam GPS antennas arehuge and have high cross‐coupling between ports. AppliedEM’s antennas fit standard antenna footprints while givingconfigurable radiation patterns to mitigate multiple GPSjammers.




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COMPACT GPS/ANTI‐JAM GPS ANTENNAS

4 Element, 4 Port Anti‐Jam CRPA GPS Antenna Fits FRPA‐3 Footprint 4.6” x 4.6” x 0.7” Form Factor Weight: 0.6 lbs Dual L1 & L2 GPS Bands +3.5 dBic Gain <1.7:1 VSWR 60‐150 o RHCP Beam Pattern >10 dB Cross‐Pol Isolation

Model: AEM‐AJGPS045

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Model: AEM‐DBGPS01

Dual L1 & L2 GPS Bands 3.1” x 3” x 1” Form Factor Weight: 0.2 lbs +3.5 dBic Gain <1.7:1 VSWR 80 to 120 o Beam Pattern RHC Polarization MIL‐STD 810, Phase I Compliant

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Model: AEM‐SAC0401

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1 ‐ 2 GHz 4.1” (D) x 0.35” Depth Form Factor Weight: 0.2 lbs ‐1 to +2 dBic Gain 80 to 130 o Beam Pattern Circular Polarization CW Power Capability up to 20 W




COMPOSITE/METALLIC PLATFORM

PAINT ON ANTENNAS

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Why Paint‐on‐Antennas ?

Applied EM can paint these antennas on a panel that isinstalled on your platform or directly onto your platformusing our proprietary Robotic Painting Process.

Conductive Paint is applied to a Fiberglass or PaintedSubstrate and also attached to a connector to make thesepractically weightless and “No‐Profile” antennas.




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16X4 Paint on Antenna Microstrip Patch Antenna array on a Composite Aircraft Wing




COMPOSITE/METALLIC PLATFORM PAINT ON ANTENNAS

Model: AEM‐GPS‐POA‐01/AEM‐IRIDIUM‐POA‐01

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L1 GPS or Iridium Band, 3% Bandwidth >4.5 dBic, RHCP Gain 1.8” x 1.8” x 0.080” (Max) Form Factor Weight: 0.148 lbs (Max) <2:1 VSWR 60‐90 o Beam Pattern





Model: AEM‐ISM‐POA‐01

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Adaptable to 2.4/ 5 GHz ISM Bands 3% Bandwidth ‐3 dBi, V‐Pol Gain 6” x 6” x 0.030” (Max) Form Factor Weight: 0.056 lbs (Max) <2:1 VSWR 30 o HPBW, Omni‐Directional Pattern





Model: AEM‐VHF‐POA‐01

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Adaptable to VHF/SATCOM Band, 6% Bandwidth >2 dBic, RHCP Gain 12” x 12” x 0.080” (Max) Form Factor Weight: 0.148 lbs (Max) <2:1 VSWR 90‐110 o Beam Pattern




COMPACT BROADBAND ANTENNAS

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Why Are Compact Broadband Antennas so Important?

Most antennas are cheap, whip or blade antennas that onlycover one or two frequency bands. This means you needmore antennas, more platform space, more weight, antennacross‐coupling planning, and your platform to look like aporcupine just to do the same thing as what you can do withone Applied EM antenna.

An aircraft designed to fly at 20,000 feet can have the same RF performance at ~22,440 feet using an antenna with only 1 dB higher gain.

Circularly polarized antennas can also communicate with whip, blade, or other linearly polarized antennas with only about 3 dB of lower gain.




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COMPACT BROADBAND SUBSURFACE ANTENNAS

Model: AEM‐SAS0611

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300 MHz – 3 GHz 6.5” x 6.5” x 1” Deep Form Factor Weight: 0.5 lbs ‐15 to +5 dBic Gain >40 o Beam pattern throughout operation band Circular Polarization CW Power Capability up to 50 W






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100 MHz – 3 GHz 18” x 18” x 3” Deep Form Factor Weight: 6.2 lbs ‐15 to +5 dBic Gain > 10 dB VHF Band Gain Improvement over SAS0611 > 5 dB Sub‐GHz Gain Improvement over SAS0611 Broader, >60 o, Beam pattern throughout operation

band Circular Polarization CW Power Capability up to 50 W






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450 MHz – 3 GHz 4” x 4” x 1” Deep Form Factor Weight: 2.2 lbs ‐15 to +3 dBic Gain Circular Polarization CW Power Capability up to 20 W




COMPACT BROADBAND LOW PROFILE ANTENNAS


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240 MHz – 3 GHz 6.7” (D) x 1.7” (h), 1.6” Depth Form Factor Weight: 4 lbs ‐15 to +5 dBic Gain +3 dB below 850 MHz Gain Difference from

SAS0611 ‐3 dB GPS Band Gain Difference from SAS0611 >60 o, Beam pattern throughout operation band Circular Polarization <5 dB Axial Ratio above 500 MHz






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240 MHz – 3 GHz 9.6” (D) x 2” (h), 1.6” Depth Form Factor Weight: 6.8 lbs ‐15 to +5 dBic Gain +3 dB Average Gain Improvement over SAC0621 >60 o, Beam pattern throughout operation band 2:1 VSWR (Nominal) in Band Circular Polarization <5 dB Axial Ratio in Band






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100 MHz – 3 GHz 12.5” (D) x 2” (h), 1.6” Depth Form Factor Weight: 12 lbs ‐15 to +3 dBic Gain +10 dB below 240 MHz over SAC0621 Gain +5 to 10 dB VHF Gain Difference from SAC0621 2:1 VSWR (Nominal) in Band Circular Polarization






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2 ‐ 18 GHz 3” (D) x 0.25” Depth Form Factor Weight: 0.1 lbs ‐5 to +2 dBil Gain Circular Polarization CW Power Capability up to 20 W





Model: AEM‐UWB‐2603

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30 MHz – 350 MHz 33.8” x 24.5” x 2.6” Form Factor Weight: 33 lbs (Max) ‐30 to ‐7 dBil Gain (Unmounted) ‐20 to ‐1 dBil Simulated Gain on top of a

metallic ground vehicle >90 o Azimuth Beam Pattern Vertical Polarization





Model: AEM‐OM‐03

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500 MHz – 3 GHz 4” (D) x 3.36” (h) Form Factor Weight: 1.2 lbs 0 to +4 dBil Gain (On Large Ground Plane) Monopole Pattern >30 o Elevation Beam <2:1 VSWR (Nominal) Vertical Polarization





Model: AEM‐DF1613

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500 kHz – 3 GHz 15.5” (D) x 13” (h) Form Factor Weight: 30 lbs AoA RMS Error (98% data): 1 o (VHF/UHF), <5 o

(HF) VSWR <2:1 (Nominal) Omni‐Directional, Broadband DF Circular Polarization (VHF/UHF) Single VHF/UHF Port 0.4 ft3 of Available Internal Space




CUSTOM ANTENNA DESIGNS

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Patch Antennas Circularly Polarized Patch

Antennas Patch Antenna Arrays Blade Antennas Multi‐Band Planar Antennas PIFA Antennas Spiral Antennas Sinuous Antennas Bowtie Antennas U‐Slot Antennas Elliptical Patch Antennas Discone Antennas Co‐planar Fed Antennas Yagi Antennas Cavity Antennas

Dipole Antennas Biconical Antennas Helical Antennas Loop Antennas Parabolic Reflector Antennas Linear Reflector Antennas Horn Antennas Dual‐Ridge Guided Antennas Corrugated Horn Antennas Tapered Slot Antennas Log‐Periodic Dipole Antennas Log‐Spiral Antennas Orthogonal Log‐Periodic Dipole

Antennas Custom Antennas And MORE!

Apart from innovative antenna designs, Applied EM offers unique capabilityof electromagnetic simulations that can assist in antenna placement and co-site analysis. Applied EM uses state-of-the art simulation tool, FEKO toachieve fast and accurate simulations to meet customer requirements.

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