This section displays antenna types recorded in our database. While we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the most common design types, the list is not intended to be exhaustive.
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| Image | Design | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Panel / Sector | Antenna system with a directive radiation in both azimuthal and vertical planes, typically utilised to cover a number of receivers in a geographic area. | |
| Yagi | A linear end-fire array consisting of a driven element, a reflector element, and one or more director elements. | |
| Log Periodic Dipole Array | Any one of a class of antennas having a structural geometry such that its impedance and radiation characteristics repeat periodically as the logarithm of frequency. | |
| Grid Reflector | Subtype of parabolic antenna using a wire grid as the reflecting surface. Can be single or dual-polarised. | |
| Parabolic Reflector | An antenna whose configuration contains an axially symmetric reflector which is a portion of a paraboloid, and a radiating [receiving] feed system typically positioned at the focal point of the reflector. | |
| Dipole | Any one of a class of antennas producing a radiation pattern approximating that of an elementary electric dipole. Common usage considers the dipole antenna to be a metal radiating structure which supports a line current distribution similar to that of a thin straight wire so energised that the current has a node only at each end. | |
| Monopole | An antenna, constructed above an imaging plane, that produces a radiation pattern approximating that of an electric dipole in the half-space above the imaging plane. | |
| Collinear | A linear array of radiating elements, usually dipoles, with their axes lying in a straight line. | |
| Downfire | ||
| Dipole Array | ||
| Discone | A biconical antenna with one cone having a vertex angle of 180°. | |
| Backfire | An antenna consisting of a radiating feed, a reflector element, and a reflecting surface such that the antenna functions as an open resonator, with radiation from the open end of the resonator. | |
| Combination Planar | ||
| Horn | An antenna consisting of a waveguide section in which the cross-sectional area increases towards an open end which is the aperture. | |
| Corner Reflector | An antenna consisting of a feed and a reflecting object consisting of two or three mutually intersecting conducting flat surfaces. |