E-shaped Aperture Coupled Microstrip Patch Array Antenna for High Speed Downlink Applications in Small Satellites

• Autorzy: Paul Kajol Chandra , Ahmed Anis

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/ijet.2022.139847

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

For high speed downlinking of payload data from small satellites, a new 4×4 aperture coupled microstrip patch array antenna has been presented. The antenna is designed for the Ku band and a peak gain of 18.0 dBi is achieved within the impedance bandwidth from 11.75 GHz to 12.75 GHz. Wide bandwidth is achieved as the patch elements are excited through E-shaped slots having asymmetric side lengths and widths. Each square patch element of the array with truncated corners and appropriately placed slots generates right hand circularly polarized (RHCP) radiation with very high cross-polarization discrimination. A corporate feed network consisting of T-junctions and quarter-wave impedance transformers is developed to feed the array elements from a single coaxial port of 50 Ω. To improve the radiation from the patches and wave-guiding in the feed network, two types of Rogers substrates with different dielectric constant and thickness are considered. Our proposed microstrip patch array antenna of size 7.8 cm × 6.4 cm × 0.3 cm can perform efficiently with a downlink data rate as high as 4.6 Gbps for small satellites.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

aperture coupled; circular polarization; corporate feed; microstrip patch array; small satellites

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Electronics and Telecommunication
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 68, No. 1
• Strony: 47--56
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 38 poz., schem., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Paul Kajol Chandra

• Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

autor

Ahmed Anis

• Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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