학술논문

Dual-Polarized Printed S-Band Radar Array Antenna for Spacecraft Applications
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett. Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE. 10:987-990 2011
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Arrays
Microstrip antennas
Bandwidth
Microstrip
Antenna measurements
Array
dual-polarizations broadband
microstrip antenna
series-fed
Language
ISSN
1536-1225
1548-5757
Abstract
A novel dual-polarized broadband antenna array for S-band is presented. This antenna is composed of 6$\,\times\,$ 2 microstrip antenna elements with a hybrid feed-line network providing an isolation $\geq$ 18.6 dB between the H- and V-ports. The operative bandwidth is from 3.15 to 3.25 GHz, and the peak measured gain is approximately 19 dBi. The array is suitable for spacecraft operation because of the selected materials, its low profile ($\sim$ 8 mm thickness), and light weight. It has potential applications in synthetic aperture radar (SAR), remote sensing, and wireless communications.