Title :
A miniaturized circularly polarized, parasitic array antenna for ground station communication with cube satellites
Author :
Cato, Cameron ; Lim, Sungkyun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Electr. Eng., Georgia Southern Univ., Statesboro, GA, USA
Abstract :
A Miniaturized Circularly Polarized Yagi antenna for ground based communication with cube satellites is designed. The total volume of the antenna is 0.273λ × 0.273λ × 0.0584λ, and the electrical size is a kr of 1.23. A gain of 5.53 dBic is achieved while maintaining an axial ratio of less than 3 dB across the desired bandwidth of the VHF Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio band.
Keywords :
Yagi antenna arrays; artificial satellites; satellite antennas; VHF orbiting satellite carrying amateur radio band; axial ratio; cube satellite; ground station communication; miniaturized circularly polarized Yagi antenna; miniaturized circularly polarized parasitic array antenna; Bandwidth; Directive antennas; Gain; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6348647
