Low-Profile Dual Circularly Polarized Antenna Array for Satellite Communications in the X Band

García Aguilar, Andrés and Inclán Alonso, José Manuel and Vigil Herrero, Lucía and Fernández González, José Manuel and Sierra Pérez, Manuel (2011). Low-Profile Dual Circularly Polarized Antenna Array for Satellite Communications in the X Band. "IEEE Transactions on Antennas And Propagation", v. 60 (n. 5); pp. 2276-2284. ISSN 0018-926X. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2012.2189729.

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Title: Low-Profile Dual Circularly Polarized Antenna Array for Satellite Communications in the X Band
Author/s:
  • García Aguilar, Andrés
  • Inclán Alonso, José Manuel
  • Vigil Herrero, Lucía
  • Fernández González, José Manuel
  • Sierra Pérez, Manuel
Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: IEEE Transactions on Antennas And Propagation
Date: 2011
ISSN: 0018-926X
Volume: 60
Subjects:
Faculty: E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación (UPM)
Department: Señales, Sistemas y Radiocomunicaciones
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

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.

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Item ID: 12151
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/12151/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:12151
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2189729
Official URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?...
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 10 Sep 2012 08:22
Last Modified: 12 May 2020 09:12
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