Multifunction solar panel antenna for cube satellites

Author

Fawole, Olutosin ; Baktur, Reyhan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Utah State Univ., Logan, UT, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A multiport multifunction antenna that could be integrated with a solar panel is presented. The antenna could achieve right-handed circular polarization, left-handed circular polarization, or linear polarizations by selectively excitation of the antenna ports. This antenna design is an extension and a harmonization of previous works on cavity-backed slot antennas. This design could be further developed into a reconfigurable solar antenna by adding appropriate switching mechanism.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; satellite antennas; slot antennas; solar cells; antenna design; antenna port excitation; cavity-backed slot antennas; cube satellite antenna; left-handed circular polarization; linear polarizations; measured antenna radiation pattern; multifunction solar panel antenna; multiport multifunction antenna; reconfigurable solar antenna; right-handed circular polarization; switching mechanism; Antenna measurements; Cavity resonators; Satellite antennas; Satellites; Slot antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6348452

Filename

6348452