A lightweight planar antenna element with optimized feed for use onboard spacecraft

• Autorzy: Wincza K. , Kabacik P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper is a report on low gain antennas (LGAs) manufactured with bonded lightweight materials. These antennas can sustain large temperature variations and are capable of functioning in modern miniature spacecraft, mainly in the telemetry, command and ranging (TC&R) links. When made of cheaper materials, the proposed circularly polarized antenna can be widely used in the base stations of short-range wireless systems. The recommended operating frequencies are between 1 and 8 GHz. One major technical consideration is obtaining the required high quality of circular polarization with as low space demands as possible. A lightweight 90? polarizer, printed on a dielectric membrane and operating over a broad bandwidth, is proposed for the antenna feed. Owing to the bandwidth advantage of the polarizer and the use of carefully designed aperture coupled feed, the electrical characteristics maintain good properties over a wide frequency range (15%).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

microstrip antennas; spaceborne antennas; circularly polarized antennas

• Wydawca: Instytut Łączności - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: nr 2
• Strony: 53--56
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 10 poz., il.

Twórcy

autor

Wincza K.

autor

Kabacik P.

• Institute of Telecommunications and Acoustics, Wrocław University of Technology Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego st 27, 00-370 Wrocław, Poland,