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- Title
Metamaterial Based Ku-Band Antenna for Low Earth Orbit Nanosatellite Payload System.
- Authors
Alam, Touhidul; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Hakim, Mohammad Lutful; Alharbi, Khalid H.; Singh, Mandeep Singh Jit; Sheikh, Muntasir M.; Aldhaheri, Rabah W.; Islam, Md. Shabiul; Soliman, Mohamed S.
- Abstract
The concept of nanosatellite technology becomes a viable platform for earth and space observation research to minimize cost and build time for the payload. The communication approach is the essential fundamental attribute of a satellite, of which the antenna is a crucial component for forming a communication link between the nanosatellite and the earth. The nanosatellite antenna must comply with some special requirements like compact size, lightweight, and high gain with a space-compatible structure. This paper proposes a compact metamaterial-based Ku-band antenna with circular polarization for the nanosatellite communication system. The designed antenna obtained an impedance bandwidth of 2.275 GHz with a realized gain of 6.74 dBi and 3 dB axial beamwidth of 165° at 12.10 GHz. The overall antenna size of the designed is 0.51λ × 0.51λ × 0.17λ, which is fabricated on Rogers 5880 substrate material. The antenna results performance has been examined with a 1 U nanosatellite structure and found suitable to integrate with metallic and nonmetallic surfaces of any miniature nanosatellite structure.
- Subjects
ANTENNAS (Electronics); ORBITS (Astronomy); METAMATERIALS; CIRCULAR polarization; METALLIC surfaces; METAMATERIAL antennas
- Publication
Nanomaterials (2079-4991), 2023, Vol 13, Issue 2, p228
- ISSN
2079-4991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nano13020228