Title :
Super lightweight planar array antenna with stretched structure for satellite communication systems
Author :
Takahashi, T. ; Konishi, Y. ; Makino, S. ; Kabashima, S. ; Ozaki, T.
Author_Institution :
Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
A novel planar antenna employing a stretched structure and meshed material is proposed in order to reduce the weight drastically and experimental results in S-band are described. As a result, the developed planar array antenna has a weight of 300 g/m/sup 2/, one third that of a conventional one, and has good RF performance.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; satellite antennas; S-band; meshed material; planar array antenna; satellite communication systems; stretched structure; super lightweight antenna; Antenna arrays; Conducting materials; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Optical arrays; Phased arrays; Planar arrays; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication; Sheet materials;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1999. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5639-x
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1999.788375
