A compact dual band circularly polarized antenna design for Mars rover mission

Author

Yang, F. ; Rahmat-Samii, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

858

Abstract

Microstrip antennas are widely used in wireless communications due to their advantages of low profile, light weight, low production cost, and conformability with RF circuitry. Recently, a novel reconfigurable microstrip antenna design, patch antenna with switchable slots (PASS), has been proposed to realize various functionalities such as dual frequency operation, dual band CP performance, and polarization diversity with only one patch and a single feed. In this paper, the PASS concept is used to design a compact dual band circularly polarized antenna at the UHF band for a future Mars rover mission.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; planetary rovers; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; Mars rover mission; UHF band; circularly polarized antenna; compact dual band antenna; low profile antenna; patch antenna; polarization diversity; reconfigurable microstrip antenna; switchable slots; Circuits; Costs; Dual band; Mars; Microstrip antennas; Optical polarization; Production; Radio frequency; Slot antennas; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7846-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2003.1220045

Filename

1220045