Premium
A miniaturized antenna for surface‐to‐surface and surface‐to‐orbiter applications
Author(s) -
Nessel James A.,
Zaman Afroz J.,
Miranda Félix A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.21499
Subject(s) - orbiter , microwave , ku band , radiation pattern , engineering , antenna (radio) , electrical engineering , optics , physics , aerospace engineering , telecommunications
A folded Hilbert curve fractal antenna (fHCFA) which produces end‐fire radiation at the S‐band and broadside radiation at the Ku‐band without switches is presented. The measured gains/bandwidths were 1.2 dBi/10 MHz and 5.4 dBi/500 MHz at 2.3 GHz (S‐band) and 16.8 GHz (Ku‐band), respectively. This work offers a compact antenna design as a candidate for robotic applications in future NASA planetary exploration missions. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 859–862, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21499