Trap-loaded pyramidal Tri-band antenna for satellite applications

Author

Hebib, Sami ; Aubert, Hervé ; Pascal, Olivier ; Fonseca, Nelson J G ; Ries, Lionel ; Lopez, Jean-Marc E.

Author_Institution

LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse Univ., Toulouse

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A novel multi-band circular polarization antenna based on pyramidal structure and trap-loads was designed and tested experimentally. The measured Sparameters of trap-loads have been taken into account in the design for obtaining the technical requirements of the antenna. The measurement results confirm the tri-band behavior of the antenna in the GPS/Galileo and TM MicroSat frequency bands. The proposed radiating structure can also be adapted to combine other satellite applications, like S-band Digital Multimedia Broadcasting.

Keywords

multifrequency antennas; polarisation; satellite antennas; S-band digital multimedia broadcasting; TM MicroSat frequency bands; antenna technical requirements; antenna triband behavior; multiband circular polarization antenna; pyramidal structure; trap-loaded pyramidal triband antenna; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Capacitors; Frequency measurement; Global Positioning System; Inductors; Performance evaluation; Satellite antennas; Scattering parameters; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4619443

Filename

4619443