| Título | Triangular planar array of a pyramidal adaptive antenna for satellite communications at 1.7 GHz |
| Tipo de publicación | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Autores | Masa-Campos, J. L., I. Montesinos-Ortego, and M. Sierra-Pérez |
| Journal | Microwave and Optical Technology Letters |
| Volumen | 51 |
| Pagination | 2633 - 2639 |
| Date Published | Nov. |
| ISSN | 0895-2477 |
| Palabras clave | adaptive antenna, branch-line coupler, double stacked patch, planar array |
| Resumen | Nowadays, satellite communications are basic for the human lifestyle. In this way, a smart, conformal, and multiarray antenna (GEODA) is being developed in order to receive signals from several satellites simultaneously in the 1.7 GHz working band. An adaptive beam system is able to follow the signals from the satellite constellation. The complex structure of the antenna is based in a 3D composition of planar arrays with triangular shape. These arrays are divided into subarrays of three patches (Cells), composing the single control element for the arrays main beam direction management. Fifteen cells (45 radiating elements) compose each triangular array of the GEODA antenna. In this article, a triangular array prototype is implemented and measured. Likewise, an individual characterization of the array components is presented. |
| URL | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mop.24692/abstract |
| DOI | 10.1002/mop.24692 |
