Low cost Ku-band electronic steerable array antenna for mobile satellite communications

Author

Vaccaro, Stefano ; Del Río, Daniel Llorens ; Padilla, Jose ; Baggen, Rens

Author_Institution

PSE-EPFL BAT, JAST SA, Lausanne, Switzerland

fYear

2011

fDate

11-15 April 2011

Firstpage

2362

Lastpage

2366

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the development of an active phased array antenna for Ku-Band Receive-only mobile satellite communications realised within the ESA-project NATALIA. The phased array antenna is designed for mobile satellite services and dedicated for automotive applications. An overview of the complete build-up will be provided as well as the current status of the multilayer Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designed for mass production and a dedicated MMIC-component responsible for the beam steering of the array. Finally, the results of the measurements of a proof-of-concept breadboard performed to validate the antenna will be illustrated.

Keywords

MMIC; antenna phased arrays; beam steering; microwave antenna arrays; mobile satellite communication; printed circuit design; ESA-project NATALIA; Ku-band electronic steerable array antenna; MMIC-component; active phased array antenna; automotive applications; beam steering; mobile satellite communications; mobile satellite services; multilayer printed circuit board design; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Broadband antennas; MMICs; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Satellite antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0250-1

Type

conf

Filename

5781908