Microstrip Yagi antenna for mobile satellite service

Author

Densmore, A. ; Huang, J.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

1991

fDate

24-28 June 1991

Firstpage

616

Abstract

A major aspect of the JPL MSAT (mobile satellite) program has been the introduction of new antenna concepts to satisfy the requirements of a mobile antenna to provide medium gain (10 dBic) and low profile and low cost, and to automatically remain pointed toward the proper satellite as the vehicle moves about. The microstrip Yagi antenna is discussed. This system consists of a microstrip Yagi array, a stripline RF beamformer circuit, a motorized turntable for azimuth pointing, and a pointing control computer. The diameter of the antenna is 56 cm and its height 3.8 cm.<>

Keywords

microstrip antennas; microwave antenna arrays; mobile antennas; satellite antennas; 10 dB; 3.8 cm; 56 cm; JPL MSAT; azimuth pointing; diameter; gain; height; low cost; low profile; microstrip Yagi antenna; microstrip Yagi array; mobile satellite service; motorized turntable; pointing control computer; stripline RF beamformer circuit; Circuits; Costs; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Mobile antennas; Radio frequency; Satellite antennas; Stripline; Vehicles; Yagi-Uda antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1991. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

London, Ontario, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0144-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1991.174915

Filename

174915