Printed antenna for satellite communications

Author

García-Aguilar, A. ; Inclán-Alonso, J.M. ; Vigil-Herrero, L. ; Fernández-González, J.M. ; Sierra-Pérez, M.

Author_Institution

Signals, Syst. & Radiocommun. Dept., Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

fYear

2010

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

529

Lastpage

535

Abstract

An antenna which has been conceived as a portable system for satellite communications is introduced. It is a planar and a compact structure with a size of 40×40×2.5cm. The antenna is formed by a square array of 256 printed elements covering a large bandwidth (14.7%) at X-Band with a 1.4:1 VSWR, including the transmission (Tx) and the reception (Rx) bands simultaneously. The printed antenna has a radiation pattern with a 3dB beamwidth of 5^o, over 31dBi directivity, a dual and an interchangeable circular polarization and a feeding network with total losses about 0.8dB. The complete design of the antenna is shown in this work, besides measurements of the radiation capabilities of the radiating element, the unit cell and the behavior of some components of the feeding network.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; planar antennas; satellite antennas; feeding network; interchangeable circular polarization; loss 0.8 dB; planar antennas; printed antenna; radiation pattern; satellite communications; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Connectors; Couplings; Microstrip; Nonhomogeneous media; Probes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Phased Array Systems and Technology (ARRAY), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Waltham, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5127-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5128-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613315

Filename

5613315