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Dual-band B-shaped antenna array for satellite applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2020

Muhammad Mateen Hassan*
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Military College of Signals, National University of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Muzhair Hussain
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Military College of Signals, National University of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Adnan Ahmed Khan
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Military College of Signals, National University of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Imran Rashid
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Military College of Signals, National University of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Farooq Ahmed Bhatti
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Military College of Signals, National University of Sciences and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
*
Author for correspondence: Muhammad Mateen Hassan, E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

The paper presents a 1 × 2 B-shaped antenna array for dual-band operation at 4 and 8 GHz. The antenna design consists of a rectangular patch with two annular-strip lines fabricated on the top layer and finite ground plane on the bottom layer. The array is formed by designing an optimum T-shaped microstrip line for impedance matching. The dimensions of the antenna array are 78 × 36 × 1.6 mm3. Full-wave simulations have been conducted and the measured results are in good consent with the simulated results. The measured impedance bandwidth (reference −10 dB) has been observed at 3.84–4.16 and 7.78–8.38 GHz. Measured peak gain and radiation efficiency at 4 and 8 GHz are 8.3, 9.4 dB and 82.5 and 81.2%, respectively.

Type
Antenna Design, Modelling and Measurements
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the European Microwave Association

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