• DocumentCode
    2157875
  • Title

    Design Of Inexpensive Printed Array For Space Communication With Moving Vehicles

  • Author

    Vicente-Lozano, M. ; Franceschetti, G. ; Ares-Pena, F. ; Moreno, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Grupo de Sistemas Radiantes, Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, Facultad de Fisica, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN.
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    Oct. 2000
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    In this article we describe a mobile communications antenna consisting of concentric rings of circularly polarized circular patches. For certain sets of relative phases, optimization of geometry and excitation amplitudes by simulated annealing synthesizes a conical beam with a maximum at a desired ¿ and satisfactory directivity within a desired ¿ range. An example of a two-ring array 50 cm in diameter with directivity > 3 dBi between ¿ = 35° and ¿ = 50° is presented.
  • Keywords
    Automotive engineering; Consumer electronics; Design engineering; Feeds; Land vehicles; Microstrip antennas; Phased arrays; Polarization; Satellite antennas; Space vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2000. 30th European
  • Conference_Location
    Paris, France
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.2000.338866
  • Filename
    4139879