• DocumentCode
    2143232
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    8-14 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • 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.2012.6348647
  • Filename
    6348647