Novel Ku Band Reflect array Antenna for Satellite Communication

AUTHOR(S):

Sridhar Bilvam, Malathi Kanagasabai, Sandeep Palanisamy, Phang Than Cong

TITLE

Novel Ku Band Reflect array Antenna for Satellite Communication

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KEYWORDS

Microstrip antenna, Phase characteristics Reflect array antenna, Satellite communication.

ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on the design and analysis of Ku band reflect array antenna using a novel crossed dumbbell(clover) patch unit cell. The reflect array proposed is to pave way for a new generation miniaturized satellite communication, finding an important application in the Satellite newsgathering (12.5 GHz-13.75 GHz) .The clover shaped unit cell is designed for 13.07 GHz and the suitability of the unit cell is validated using the phase characteristics analysis. The effect of the elements on the performance represented by the range of the reflection phase is of prime importance. From the observation, Clover unit cell has large phase variation compared to minkowski and koch unit cells. Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to investigate and validate the novel unit cell with a wide phase characteristics and the reflect array constructed.

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Cite this paper

Sridhar Bilvam, Malathi Kanagasabai, Sandeep Palanisamy, Phang Than Cong. (2016) Novel Ku Band Reflect array Antenna for Satellite Communication. International Journal of Communications, 1, 95-98