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Low profile antennas for MSAT applicationsFor MSAT applications, a number of different antennas have been designed and investigated. They include low gain omnidirectional antennas and medium gain to high gain directional antennas. The latter include both portable and vehicular antennas. While portable units are desirable to be low profile and low cost, the vehicular antennas have proved to be the most challenging antenna types for the mobile satellite application. The results of our efforts in design of such antennas are described briefly. Low profile designs are emphasized in most cases, and microstrip type radiators are therefore selected. The single radiator provides low gain omnidirectional patterns and is optimized for low cost applications. It provides low gains around 2-6 dBic and is useful mostly for the data transmission. Medium to high gain antennas are developed as arrays of omnidirectional elements. Again, different designs are optimized to meet the needs of different applications. For portable units, the array configuration can be flexible and is optimized for maximum broadside gains. For vehicular units, however the configurations are desirable to be low profile, or compact, and have means for scanning the antenna beam. For simplicity, fixed beam antennas with mechanical beam scan are selected. For these antennas, as well, different designs, having low profile or compact size, are selected and optimized to meet the MSAT gain and G/T requirements.
Document ID
19960022509
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Shafai, L.
(Manitoba Univ. Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)
Moheb, H.
(Manitoba Univ. Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)
Chamma, W.
(InfoMagnetics Technologies Corp. Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)
Barakat, M.
(InfoMagnetics Technologies Corp. Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: Proceedings of the Fourth International Mobile Satellite Conference (IMSC 1995)
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Accession Number
96N25463
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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