Development of a portable VSAT antenna array for satellite communications

Author

Karmakar, Nemai C. ; Padhi, Shantanu K. ; Aditya, Sheel

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

37

Abstract

VSAT permits widespread utilisation of satellite communications. A novel design as well as experimental results of a dual-aperture coupled rectangular microstrip patch antenna, suitable for portable VSAT terminals, are presented. The dual-band dual-polarised antenna element achieves 20% input impedance bandwidth at S- and C-bands. The design of a planar array with such an antenna element is also presented

Keywords

electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile antennas; multifrequency antennas; satellite antennas; satellite ground stations; C-band; S-band; dual-aperture coupled patch antenna; dual-band antenna element; dual-polarised antenna element; planar array; portable VSAT antenna array; portable VSAT terminals; rectangular microstrip patch antenna; satellite communications; Antenna arrays; Bandwidth; Dual band; Impedance; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Planar arrays; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2000 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6435-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2000.925712

Filename

925712