title: Low-Profile Dual Circularly Polarized Antenna Array for Satellite Communications in the X Band
creator: García Aguilar, Andrés
creator: Inclán Alonso, José Manuel
creator: Vigil Herrero, Lucía
creator: Fernández González, José Manuel
creator: Sierra Pérez, Manuel
subject: Telecommunications
description: A planar antenna is introduced that works as a portable system for X-band satellite communications. This antenna is low-profile and modular with dimensions of 40 × 40 × 2.5 × cm. It is composed of a square array of 144 printed circuit elements that cover a wide bandwidth (14.7%) for transmission and reception along with dual and interchangeable circular polarization. A radiation efficiency above 50% is achieved by a low-loss stripline feeding network. This printed antenna has a 3 dB beamwidth of 5°, a maximum gain of 26 dBi and an axial ratio under 1.9 dB over the entire frequency band. The complete design of the antenna is shown, and the measurements are compared with simulations to reveal very good agreement.
publisher: E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación (UPM)
rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
date: 2011
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: Article
source: IEEE Transactions on Antennas And Propagation, ISSN 0018-926X, 2011, Vol. 60, No. 5
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: eng
relation: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6166857
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1109/TAP.2012.2189729
identifier: http://oa.upm.es/12151/