RT Conference Proceedings SR 00 ID 10.1109/APS.2015.7305087 A1 Albarracín Vargas, Fernando A1 Segovia Vargas, Daniel A1 González Posadas, Vicente T1 Non-Foster matching network for a small, bladetype monopole in the VHF Band YR 2015 FD 19/07/2015 - 24/07/2015 SP 1396 OP 1397 AB In many applications, like in aeronautical control and communication systems, there are important requirements for the antenna engineer in terms of size and weight of the antennas. Active matching networks, with non-Foster elements, are an interesting way to face the design of an Electrically Small Antenna (ESA). Using the new sensitivity parameter Sens, a good location for a matching network (MN) is found in the structure itself of a blade-type small monopole. Then, comparative design between a passive reactive and an active non-Foster matching network is presented. T2 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & North American Radio Science Meeting 19-24 July 2015 - Vancouver, BC, Canada National Radio Science Meeting ED Vancouver, BC, Canada SN 978-1-4799-7815-1 AV Published LK http://oa.upm.es/41240/ UL http://www.2015apsursi.org/default.asp