• DocumentCode
    655727
  • Title

    A novel circularly-polarised quad-band patch antenna for satellite applications

  • Author

    Valavan, S.E. ; Tran, Duke ; Yarovoy, A.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    6-10 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    644
  • Lastpage
    647
  • Abstract
    The design of a novel and versatile single-port quad-band patch antenna is presented. The antenna is capable of supporting a maximum of four operational sub-bands, with the inherent capability to enhance or suppress any resonance(s) of interest. In addition, circular-polarisation is also achieved at the low frequency band, to demonstrate the polarisation agility. A prototype model of the antenna has been fabricated and its performance experimentally validated. The antenna´s single layer and low-profile configuration makes it suitable for mobile user terminals and its cavity-backed feature results in low levels of coupling.
  • Keywords
    microstrip antennas; satellite antennas; cavity-backed feature; circularly-polarised quad-band patch antenna; low-profile configuration; satellite applications; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Frequency measurement; Horn antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellites; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2013 European
  • Conference_Location
    Nuremberg
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6686738