Title :
High-gain circular polarization antenna for small satellite data link application
Author :
Li, Hengbo ; Li, Jianzhou ; Li, Dong ; Zhang, Yuhui
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Inf., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
A coaxial dual-feed annular microstrip patch antenna with a shorted ring is given in this paper. It has the characteristic of small permittivity, low-profile, high gain and circular polarization. This structure has a good adjustability, i.e. the size can be adjusted easily to operate on other frequency bands. The proposed antenna in this paper resonates at 2.25 GHz and the gain is higher than 11 dB. The high gain and good circular polarization performance make it very suitable for small satellite data link application. In the first part, the antenna structure and geometry will be presented, then the results of its radiation characteristics analyzed by Ansoft HFSS 11 will be given, and several key parameters will be deeply studied lastly.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; loop antennas; microstrip antennas; permittivity; polarisation; satellite links; Ansoft HFSS 11; antenna structure; coaxial dual-feed annular microstrip patch antenna; frequency 2.25 GHz; frequency bands; high-gain circular polarization antenna; permittivity; radiation characteristics; shorted ring; small satellite data link application; Gain; Polarization; Reflection; Resonant frequency; Satellite antennas; Satellites; Ansoft HFSS 11; annular patch; circular polarization; data link application; dual-feed; high-gain; parameters study; shorted ring; small satellite;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing, Communications and Computing (ICSPCC), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0893-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSPCC.2011.6061730