Dual polarized microstrip patch arrays for the next generation of spaceborne synthetic aperture radars

Author

Rostan, F. ; Wiesbeck, W.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochsfrequenztech. und Elektron., Karlsruhe Univ., Germany

Volume

3

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

2277

Abstract

Discusses the requirements and the design of an advanced dual polarized future spaceborne SAR antenna using aperture-coupled microstrip patch elements. Special emphasis is given to achieve a high polarization purity, low loss, good port-to-port isolation and a high bandwidth. Results of a design study on an 8×1 element subarray as well as on an 8×8 element breadboard in C-band are presented

Keywords

aperture antennas; geophysical equipment; microstrip antenna arrays; microstrip antennas; microwave antenna arrays; microwave antennas; radar antennas; radar equipment; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; satellite antennas; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; C-band; SAR; SHF spaceborne radar antenna; aperture-coupled microstrip patch; dual polarized microstrip patch array; geophysical equipment; land surface; microwave radar remote sensing; polarization purity; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Aperture antennas; Azimuth; Bandwidth; Metallization; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Phased arrays; Polarization; Space technology; Tiles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.524170

Filename

524170