Design of a dual-band quadrifilar helical antenna for radio beacon receiver

Author

Pansomboon, Rassamitut ; Phongcharoenpanich, Chuwong ; Phudpong, Ravipat

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., King Mongkut´´s Inst. of Technol. Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand

fYear

2011

fDate

7-9 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, the design of a dual band quadrifilar helical antenna (QHA) is proposed for the radio beacon receiver in the application of the ground station of the low earth orbit (LEO) satellite. The new configuration of the QHA is proposed to achieve the dual operating frequencies (150 MHz and 400 MHz), which it is the combination of two bifilar helical antennas (BHA). The proposed antenna possess the hemispherical radiation pattern, dual-band operation, circular polarization and 2.2 dBic absolute gain. The simulation results are shown to demonstrate the antenna performance.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; helical antennas; multifrequency antennas; radio receivers; satellite antennas; satellite ground stations; LEO satellite; circular polarization; dual-band quadrifilar helical antenna design; frequency 150 MHz; frequency 400 MHz; ground station; low earth orbit satellite; radio beacon receiver; ISO standards; Beacon; Bifilar Helical Antenna; Quadrifilar Helical Antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Signal Processing and Communications Systems (ISPACS), 2011 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Chiang Mai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2165-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPACS.2011.6146208

Filename

6146208