• DocumentCode
    343617
  • 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
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    11-16 July 1999
  • Firstpage
    2096
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1999. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5639-x
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.1999.788375
  • Filename
    788375