Small satellite car antenna for simultaneous reception of LHCP and RHCP signals

Author

Saala, Gerd ; Hopf, Jochen ; Lindenmeier, Stefan

Author_Institution

Inst. of High Freq. Technol. & Mobile Commun., Univ. of the Bundeswehr, Neubiberg

fYear

2009

fDate

23-27 March 2009

Firstpage

2698

Lastpage

2700

Abstract

For satellite radio systems with geostationary satellites a new satellite antenna is presented. The antenna enables simultaneous radio reception of left hand and right hand circular polarized fields in an elevation range from 25deg to 60deg above horizon. With dimensions of only 45 mm times 45 mm times 22 mm the antenna covers the DAB-S-band with a center frequency of 1486 MHz. The structure is described and the antenna characteristics are shown which have been investigated by way of simulation and measurement. The antenna has been evaluated successfully in field tests for real mobile reception scenario.

Keywords

digital radio; electromagnetic wave polarisation; mobile satellite communication; radio reception; satellite antennas; LHCP; RHCP; left hand circular polarized fields; mobile reception; radio reception; right hand circular polarized fields; satellite car antenna; satellite radio systems; size 22 mm; size 45 mm; Artificial satellites; Europe; Feeds; Frequency; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Polarization; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4753-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-00-024573-2

Type

conf

Filename

5068167