Multiband antenna for airborne satellite communications

Author

Hopkins, Glenn D. ; Tripp, Victor ; Leverett, Jacob ; Hampton, Greg

Author_Institution

Sensors & Electromagn. Applications Lab., Georgia Tech. Res. Inst., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

169

Abstract

Satellite broadcasting of weather information promises to provide an economical method of improving aviation safety for commercial and general aviation transportation. The paper presents an airborne antenna developed to receive satellite weather information around the world. To accomplish this, the antenna supports three separate frequency bands and dual senses of polarization. Method of moments (MoM) and finite element method (FEM) simulations were employed in the development of the antenna. Details of the prototype antenna and its performance evaluation are presented.

Keywords

aircraft antennas; antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave polarisation; finite element analysis; method of moments; multifrequency antennas; satellite communication; 1452 to 1492 MHz; 2310 to 2360 MHz; 2535 to 2655 MHz; SDARS; airborne antenna; airborne satellite communications; antenna radiation patterns; aviation safety; broadband antenna; broadband planar spiral antenna; finite element method; method of moments; multiband antenna; planar antenna; polarization; satellite digital audio radio system; weather information; Finite element methods; Frequency; Moment methods; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Safety; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8302-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2004.1329580

Filename

1329580