Wide-band Wide-angle circular Polarization of a Multilayer Patch Antenna

Majed Koubeissi (1) , Yasser Abdallah (1) , Eric Arnaud (1) , Marc Thevenot (1) , Thierry Monédière (1) , Thierry Koleck (2) , Eric Peragin (2)

1 OSA
2 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]

This paper focuses on the design of a telemetry antenna system intended for agile small satellites. It provides an axial ratio lower than 3dB over ±60° conical space angle and over 15% of bandwidth. We show that this design provides high quality circular polarization properties for agile small satellites without having to suspend their mission to discharge their data and also without making sacrifices the antenna low profile and wide bandwidth. The design procedure and the performances of the antenna are presented and followed by a discussion.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Electronique

Majed Koubeissi, Yasser Abdallah, Eric Arnaud, Marc Thevenot, Thierry Monédière, et al.. Wide-band Wide-angle circular Polarization of a Multilayer Patch Antenna. European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2010, Apr 2010, Barcelone, Spain. pp.1-4. ⟨hal-00481736⟩