A wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for CubeSat application
In this paper, a wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna is proposed to be used for CubeSat application. The antenna covers two of CubeSat frequencies; the S-band (2.2 GHz) and X-band (8 GHz). The proposed antenna belongs to the wideband and frequency-independent antenna category, which are kno...
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| author | Ahmad Mustafa, Ahmad Mujahid Mohamad, Sarah Yasmin Abdul Malek, Norun Farihah Mohd. Isa, Farah Nadia Islam, Md. Rafiqul |
| author_facet | Ahmad Mustafa, Ahmad Mujahid Mohamad, Sarah Yasmin Abdul Malek, Norun Farihah Mohd. Isa, Farah Nadia Islam, Md. Rafiqul |
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| description | In this paper, a wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna is proposed to be used for CubeSat application. The antenna covers two of CubeSat frequencies; the S-band (2.2 GHz) and X-band (8 GHz). The proposed antenna belongs to the wideband and frequency-independent antenna category, which are known to provide a constant radiation pattern, impedance and polarization throughout the whole bandwidth. The performance of the spiral is compared in two different conditions; in free space and above a ground plane with a separation distance of λ/4 at the operating frequency of 2.2 GHz and 8 GHz. The spiral above the ground plane exhibits a unidirectional radiation and higher gain with an increase of 26.6% (2.2 GHz) to 34.6% (8 GHz) than the free space spiral. Moreover, the return loss also managed to stay within the ideal limit of S11<-10dB (-19.528 dB at 2.2 GHz, and -21.92 dB at 8 GHz) and exhibits circularly-polarized radiation with low axial ratio < 3 dB (0.78 dB at 2.2 GHz, and 0.89 dB at 8 GHz). |
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| spelling | iium-574872022-07-22T01:55:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57487/ A wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for CubeSat application Ahmad Mustafa, Ahmad Mujahid Mohamad, Sarah Yasmin Abdul Malek, Norun Farihah Mohd. Isa, Farah Nadia Islam, Md. Rafiqul TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television In this paper, a wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna is proposed to be used for CubeSat application. The antenna covers two of CubeSat frequencies; the S-band (2.2 GHz) and X-band (8 GHz). The proposed antenna belongs to the wideband and frequency-independent antenna category, which are known to provide a constant radiation pattern, impedance and polarization throughout the whole bandwidth. The performance of the spiral is compared in two different conditions; in free space and above a ground plane with a separation distance of λ/4 at the operating frequency of 2.2 GHz and 8 GHz. The spiral above the ground plane exhibits a unidirectional radiation and higher gain with an increase of 26.6% (2.2 GHz) to 34.6% (8 GHz) than the free space spiral. Moreover, the return loss also managed to stay within the ideal limit of S11<-10dB (-19.528 dB at 2.2 GHz, and -21.92 dB at 8 GHz) and exhibits circularly-polarized radiation with low axial ratio < 3 dB (0.78 dB at 2.2 GHz, and 0.89 dB at 8 GHz). 2017-04-19 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57487/1/Combined%20pdf%20-%20ICOCOE.pdf Ahmad Mustafa, Ahmad Mujahid and Mohamad, Sarah Yasmin and Abdul Malek, Norun Farihah and Mohd. Isa, Farah Nadia and Islam, Md. Rafiqul (2017) A wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for CubeSat application. In: 4th International Conference on Communication and Computer Engineering (ICOCOE 2017), 18th-20th April 2017, Penang. (In Press) https://icocoe.com/ |
| spellingShingle | TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television Ahmad Mustafa, Ahmad Mujahid Mohamad, Sarah Yasmin Abdul Malek, Norun Farihah Mohd. Isa, Farah Nadia Islam, Md. Rafiqul A wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for CubeSat application |
| title | A wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for CubeSat application |
| title_full | A wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for CubeSat application |
| title_fullStr | A wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for CubeSat application |
| title_full_unstemmed | A wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for CubeSat application |
| title_short | A wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for CubeSat application |
| title_sort | wideband circularly-polarized spiral antenna for cubesat application |
| topic | TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television |
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