Title :
Circularly polarized UHF up- and downlink antennas integrated with CubeSat solar panels
Author :
Salahuddin Tariq;Reyhan Baktur
Author_Institution :
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Utah State University, Logan, USA
fDate :
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A solution for conformal ultra-high frequency (UHF) antennas based on cavity backed slot and integrated with the solar panels of a cube satellite (CubeSat) is presented. Designs for both uplink (485-MHz), and downlink (500-MHz) with polarizations are explained. The antennas promise excellent performance and resolve one of the biggest challenges in CubeSat communications.
Keywords :
"Slot antennas","Solar panels","UHF antennas","Downlink","Uplink","Photovoltaic cells"
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2015.7305101
