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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), 2012 15th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toulouse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0290-6
DOI :
10.1109/ANTEM.2012.6262416
