A dual-polarized microstrip subarray antenna for an inflatable L-band synthetic aperture radar

Author

Zawadzki, M. ; Huang, J.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

11-16 July 1999

Firstpage

276

Abstract

Inflatable technology has been identified as a potential solution to the problem of achieving small mass, high packaging efficiency, and reliable deployment for future NASA spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) antennas. Presently, there exists a requirement for a dual-polarized L-band SAR antenna with an aperture size of 10 m/spl times/3 m, a center frequency of 1.25 GHz, a bandwidth of 80 MHz, electronic beam scanning, and a mass of less than 100 kg. The work presented is part of the ongoing effort to develop such an inflatable antenna array.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna testing; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antenna arrays; radar antennas; scanning antennas; spaceborne radar; 1.25 GHz; 80 MHz; L-band synthetic aperture radar; NASA; RF test results; aperture size; bandwidth; center frequency; dual-polarized microstrip subarray antenna; electronic beam scanning; high packaging efficiency; inflatable antenna array; inflatable technology; small mass; spaceborne SAR antennas; synthetic aperture radar; Aperture antennas; Electronics packaging; Frequency; L-band; Microstrip antennas; NASA; Radar antennas; Space technology; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;

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.1999.789134

Filename

789134