Nose-Cone Conformal Substrate-Integrated Waveguide Slot Array Antenna for X-Band Radar Applications

Table 4

Comparative study of proposed and previously presented antenna arrays.

Parameters	[25]	Proposed
Array size	1 × 8	1 × 6
Cone type	Solid cone	Hollow nose-cone
Waveguide type	Wire-cut waveguide	Suspended waveguide
Design procedure	β and optimization on cylindrical surface	β optimization on conical surface
Return loss	−10 dB	−10 dB
Gain	9.9 dBi	11.91 dBi