Title :
Analysis, design and development of novel, low profile microstrip antenna for satellite navigation
Author :
Kanth, Rajeev Kumar ; Singhal, Alok Kumar ; Liljeberg, Pasi ; Tenhunen, Hannu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Univ. of Turku, Turku, Finland
Abstract :
International Telecommunication Union Radio Communication Sector ( ITU-R) has assigned 1.176 GHz and 2.487 GHz respectively in L and S band to Regional Navigational Satellite System (RNSS) for satellite navigation purpose. In this paper attempt has been made to design a novel, low profile compact microstrip antenna which achieves required specification such as gain of -4 dBi up to ±50° and bandwidth of 30 MHz. The design of L band antenna was carried out using Ansoft Designer Version 2 software and was fabricated and measured the required performance of antenna in terms of its return loss, VSWR and gain radiation pattern. The return loss of the developed antenna was measured with the vector network analyzer and its gain radiation pattern in anechoic chamber and the performance of its measurements were compared with the analyzed results.
Keywords :
anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); microstrip antennas; satellite navigation; Ansoft designer version 2 software; ITU-R; International Telecommunication Union Radio Communication Sector; L band; RNSS; S band; VSWR; anechoic chamber; bandwidth 30 MHz; frequency 1.176 GHz; frequency 2.487 GHz; gain radiation pattern; microstrip antenna design; regional navigational satellite system; return loss; satellite navigation; vector network analyzer; Antenna measurements; Artificial satellites; Gain measurement; Loss measurement; Microstrip antennas; Performance loss; Radio navigation; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite navigation systems; Axial ratio; Gain radiation pattern; L Band; Microstrip Antenna; Return Loss; VWSR;
Conference_Titel :
NORCHIP, 2009
Conference_Location :
Trondheim
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4310-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4311-6
DOI :
10.1109/NORCHP.2009.5397814
