Design of wideband conformal antenna array at X-band for satellite applications

Author

Karahan, Mert ; Aksoy, Ertugrul ; Armagan Sahinkaya, Demet S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Gazi Univ. Maltepe, Ankara, Turkey

fYear

2015

Firstpage

397

Lastpage

400

Abstract

In this study, the design and simulation of a circularly-bended antenna array at X-band for satellite applications is presented. Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna (AVA) is selected as an array element due to its wideband and end-fire characteristics. The proposed antenna, operating in the 8-12 GHz frequency range, provides good VSWR and high gain without degradation of radiation pattern caused by conforming operation. The design is intended to be used to in both satellite and ground systems with beam scanning capability.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; conformal antennas; microwave antenna arrays; VSWR; antipodal Vivaldi antenna; beam scanning capability; circularly-bended antenna array; conforming operation; end-fire characteristics; frequency 8 GHz to 12 GHz; radiation pattern; wideband conformal antenna array; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Broadband antennas; Gain; Satellite antennas; Satellites; X-band applications; broadband antenna array; conformal microstrip antennas; satellite antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 2015 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-7760-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAST.2015.7208376

Filename

7208376