• DocumentCode
    980966
  • Title

    A near-isotropic circulary polarized antenna for space vehicles

  • Author

    Galindo, V. ; Green, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Whippany, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1965
  • fDate
    11/1/1965 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    872
  • Lastpage
    877
  • Abstract
    The theoretical design and experimental test of a simple, lightweight, and reliable circularly polarized omnidirectional antenna is reported. The gain for one sense of circular polarization, compared with isotropic, is more than -3 dB over 99 percent of the far-zone sphere. Good agreement between theory and experiment has been obtained. The antenna consists of a ring of crossed slots on a short-circuited cylindrical waveguide that is excited by two TE_{11} modes in phase and space quadrature.
  • Keywords
    Circular arrays; Space-vehicle antennas; Antenna theory; Antennas and propagation; Directive antennas; Microwave antennas; Optical polarization; Satellite antennas; Satellite ground stations; Slot antennas; Space vehicles; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1965.1138572
  • Filename
    1138572
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=980966