Title :
Simple, small antenna terminal for maritime satellite communications
Author :
Mall, L. ; Waterhouse, R.B.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, Australia
fDate :
5/27/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A simple printed antenna that can be utilised for maritime satellite communications is presented. The antenna is based on a dual linearly polarised proximity coupled microstrip antenna on an extended hemispherical dielectric lens. The resulting small printed antenna is impedance matched over both the transmit (14.0-14.5 GHz) and receive (12.25-12.75 GHz) bands and has a gain of 21 and 20 dBi, respectively, over these frequency ranges.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; impedance matching; lens antennas; marine communication; microstrip antennas; mobile satellite communication; 12.25 to 12.75 GHz; 14 to 14.5 GHz; 20 dB; 21 dB; dual polarised proximity coupled microstrip antenna; hemispherical dielectric lens; impedance matching; maritime satellite communications; printed antenna; receive band; transmit band;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20040462
