Merging reconfigurable and deployable antennas for space applications

Author

Costantine, J. ; Tawk, Y. ; Christodoulou, C.G. ; Barbin, S.E. ; Banik, J. ; Lane, S.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., California State Univ. Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011

Firstpage

905

Lastpage

909

Abstract

This paper discusses the merging potential of reconfigurable and deployable antennas for more efficient holistic designs suited for space applications. In this paper we review physically reconfigurable and deployable antennas and present a new concept for a physically reconfigurable deployable log-periodic structure. This antenna is designed to cover UHF frequencies for space communications. The control of such antennas using software is also discussed and presented as part of complete software controlled radio system.

Keywords

UHF antennas; log periodic antennas; satellite communication; UHF frequencies; antenna design; deployable antenna; log-periodic antenna; merging potential; physically reconfigurable deployable log-periodic structure; reconfigurable antenna; software controlled radio system; space application; space communication; Antenna radiation patterns; Reflector antennas; Software; Space vehicles; Springs; deployable antennas; log-periodic antenna; reconfigurable antennas; space communications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Natal

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169334

Filename

6169334