Title :
Simple tracking stacked microstrip array antenna for mobile satellite communications
Author :
Ito, K. ; Tanaka, T. ; Delaune, D. ; Onishi, T. ; Tetuko, J.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Chiba Univ., Japan
fDate :
31 March-3 April 2003
Abstract :
In this research, a simple satellite-tracking array antenna for ETS-VIII applications that will be used for mobile satellite communications has been investigated. The analysed circularly polarised stacked antenna is constituted of four single-fed patches sequentially rotated of 90°. By successively turning off any one of the patches, it is shown that four beams are created in the conical-cut plane at Az = 6°, 96°, 190°, and 276°. Furthermore, for an elevation El = 48° in Tokyo, the gain can reach more than 6.4 dBic on the whole azimuthal range.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile antennas; radio tracking; satellite antennas; satellite tracking; ETS-VIII; Tokyo; circularly polarised stacked antenna; mobile satellite communications; satellite-tracking array antenna; single-fed patches;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2003. (ICAP 2003). Twelfth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 491)
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-752-7
DOI :
10.1049/cp:20030094
