Microstrip phased array for mobile satellite terminals

Author

Bem, D.J. ; Kabacik, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Telecommun. & Acoust., Tech. Univ. Wroclaw, Poland

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

18-23 June 1995

Firstpage

1446

Abstract

Antennas which are to act as terminal front-heads in mobile satellite (MSAT) communication systems should be easy to mount without deteriorating the movement parameters of the vehicles. To provide the user with voice services in the present generation of MSAT communication systems, the terminal should include an antenna of relatively high gain, at least 20 dB. For this reason, the terminal antenna on a vehicle must have a steerable beam and these demands seem to be met by technologically advanced microstrip phased arrays. The objective of our presentation is to describe a 32-element conformal microstrip phased array (MPA) developed for the needs of the L-band MSAT voice communication systems.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; conformal antennas; directive antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile satellite communication; satellite antennas; voice communication; 32-element conformal microstrip phased array; L-band; MSAT voice communication systems; mobile satellite terminals; relatively high gain; steerable beam; terminal antenna; terminal front-heads; vehicle movement parameters; Acoustic beams; Artificial satellites; Bandwidth; L-band; Laminates; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Phased arrays; Satellite antennas; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1995. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

Newport Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2719-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1995.530848

Filename

530848