Design of a compact wearable single-arm spiral antenna for satellite communications

Author

Ur-Rehman, Masood ; Abbasi, Qammer H. ; Kamran, Muhammad ; Xiaodong Yang

Author_Institution

Centre for Wireless Res., Univ. of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

9-11 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

318

Lastpage

321

Abstract

Spiral antennas are a popular choice for satellite communication systems due to their small size, broadband, circular polarisation and high gain. This paper presents a novel design of an Archimedean single-arm spiral antenna fed through a coaxial feed for operation in X and Ku frequency bands covering 8 GHz to 18 GHz frequencies. The antenna has very good impedance matching (better than -10 dB) throughout the frequency range, good right hand circular polarisation (≤3 dB) and offers a maximum peak gain of 9.1 dBi. The radiation characteristics, efficiency, gain and compact size make this antenna suitable for rigid, mobile and airborne terminals. The compact size also makes the proposed antenna good candidate for wearable/poartable wireless communication devices.

Keywords

antenna feeds; electromagnetic wave polarisation; impedance matching; microwave antennas; satellite communication; spiral antennas; wearable antennas; Archimedean single-arm spiral antenna; Ku frequency band; X frequency band; airborne terminal; coaxial feed; compact wearable single-arm spiral antenna; frequency 8 GHz to 18 GHz; impedance matching; mobile terminal; portable wireless communication device; radiation characteristic; right hand circular polarisation; satellite communication system; wearable wireless communication device; Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication; Spirals; High gain antenna; Ku band; Portable applications; Satellite Communications; Spiral antenna; X band;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Microwave Conference (RFM), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2213-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFM.2013.6757275

Filename

6757275