• DocumentCode
    2904032
  • Title

    Compact switchable RHCP/LHCP mobile Ka-band antenna

  • Author

    Lenormand, Régis ; Hirsch, Antonin ; Almeida, Jean-Luc ; Valero-Nogueira, Alejandro ; Herranz-Herruzo, Jose I. ; Renaud, Daniel

  • Author_Institution
    Thales Alenia Space France, Toulouse, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    25-28 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This document describes a new concept of a mobile Ka band antenna for satellite communications. The antenna exhibits low profile and can cope with the stringent specification of polarization switching required in the handover from cell to cell. Transmit performance is discussed in detail and compared with an equivalent reflector antenna.
  • Keywords
    metamaterials; microwave antennas; millimetre wave antennas; mobile antennas; mobility management (mobile radio); reflector antennas; satellite antennas; compact switchable RHCP-LHCP antenna; equivalent reflector antenna; handover; mobile Ka-band antenna; polarization switching; satellite communications; transmit performance; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Dipole antennas; Polarization; Switches; Transmitting antennas; Satellite communications; method of moments; mobile antennas; slotted waveguide array;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), 2012 15th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Toulouse
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0290-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ANTEM.2012.6262416
  • Filename
    6262416