Conical-beam antenna to compensate free space loss at X-band in LEO satellite systems

Author

Thimothy, K. Isaiah ; Hie, Tan Soon

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

15-18 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

1124

Abstract

A planar conical-beam antenna is investigated in this paper, for application on LEO satellites. Conical beam pattern help compensate the free space loss (FSL) when the satellite is moving from horizon-to-horizon. Microstrip patch design simulation studies are carried with ENSEMBLE 7.0 measurements are taken with network analyzer and measurement setup in anechoic chamber.

Keywords

Earth orbit; anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); antenna radiation patterns; conical antennas; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; multibeam antennas; network analysers; planar antenna arrays; satellite antennas; 8 to 12 GHz; ENSEMBLE 7.0 measurement; LEO; X-band; anechoic chamber; free space loss; low earth orbit; microstrip patch design; network analyzer; planar conical-beam pattern antenna; small satellite system; Analytical models; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Geometrical optics; Low earth orbit satellites; Microstrip; Optical polarization; Performance gain; Satellite antennas; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 2003 and Fourth Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia. Proceedings of the 2003 Joint Conference of the Fourth International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8185-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICS.2003.1292635

Filename

1292635