| Dipole Antenna | Patch (Microstrip) Antenna | Yagi-Uda Antenna | Log-Periodic Antenna | Horn Antenna | Parabolic Dish Antenna | Phased Array Antenna |
Advantages | Simple design, omnidirectional, easy to fabricate | Low profile, lightweight, easy to integrate, suitable for high frequencies | High gain, directional, good front-to-back ratio, simple design | Very wide bandwidth, directional, good gain | High gain, directional, good impedance matching | Very high gain, highly directional, excellent for long-distance communication | Electronic beam steering, high gain, flexible radiation patterns |
Disadvantages | Limited gain, moderate bandwidth, sensitive to nearby objects | Narrow bandwidth, low efficiency, surface wave losses | Large size, narrow bandwidth, complex design for high gain | Complex design, high cost, relatively large size | Bulky, requires precise manufacturing, expensive | Very large size, complex feed system, expensive | Complex design, high cost, requires precise phase control |
Applications | Radio broadcasting, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, short-range comm, Amateur radio, base stations, UHF/VHF comm | Mobile phones, Wi-Fi, GPS, RFID, satellite comm, IoT devices drones, wearable devices | TV antennas, amateur radio, radar systems, Long-range comm, Wi-Fi extenders, remote sensing | Wideband comm, spectrum monitoring, EMC testing, Military comm, electronic warfare, HF/VHF/UHF bands | Microwave comm, satellite links, radar systems, EMC testing, satellite uplinks, radio astronomy | Satellite comm, radio astronomy, deep space comm, Ground stations, VSAT, satellite TV | 5G base stations, radar, military comm, satellite systems, Aircraft comm, space comm, radio telescopes |