Compact Uplink Circularly Polarized 2.4GHz Short Backfire Antenna for Geostationary Amateur Radio Satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100)
This paper describes a compact circularly polarized antenna designed for the 2.4GHz band with a gain of 15dBic designed for communication (uplink) with a geostationary amateur radio satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100). The proposed antenna upgrades a standard short backfire antenna (SBA) by util...
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| description | This paper describes a compact circularly polarized antenna designed for the 2.4GHz band with a gain of 15dBic designed for communication (uplink) with a geostationary amateur radio satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100). The proposed antenna upgrades a standard short backfire antenna (SBA) by utilizing two metasurfaces with the first acting as a high-impedance surface (HIS) allowing for a reduction of the distance between the sub-reflector and main reflector and the second enhancing the sub-reflector while functioning both as a tunable polarization divider and phase shifter to form the circular polarization. This novel concept enables the use of a simple, linearly polarized patch antenna as a feeder with no complex feeding networks. The proposed antenna was simulated, manufactured, measured and tested with the QO-100 transponder located on the Es’Hail-2 geostationary satellite. This antenna is suitable for situations where compactness, portability, a rigid construction, and a simple change of direction of the circular polarization are required. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7caa6ec1df5543ba8caec99e1540171f2025-01-30T00:03:22ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation2637-64312025-01-016127428210.1109/OJAP.2024.349684810753477Compact Uplink Circularly Polarized 2.4GHz Short Backfire Antenna for Geostationary Amateur Radio Satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100)Michal Cerveny0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2858-2351Pavel Hazdra1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-7927Department of Electromagnetic Field, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Electromagnetic Field, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech RepublicThis paper describes a compact circularly polarized antenna designed for the 2.4GHz band with a gain of 15dBic designed for communication (uplink) with a geostationary amateur radio satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100). The proposed antenna upgrades a standard short backfire antenna (SBA) by utilizing two metasurfaces with the first acting as a high-impedance surface (HIS) allowing for a reduction of the distance between the sub-reflector and main reflector and the second enhancing the sub-reflector while functioning both as a tunable polarization divider and phase shifter to form the circular polarization. This novel concept enables the use of a simple, linearly polarized patch antenna as a feeder with no complex feeding networks. The proposed antenna was simulated, manufactured, measured and tested with the QO-100 transponder located on the Es’Hail-2 geostationary satellite. This antenna is suitable for situations where compactness, portability, a rigid construction, and a simple change of direction of the circular polarization are required.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10753477/AntennaEs’Hail-2metasurfacesatelliteSBAQO-100 |
| spellingShingle | Michal Cerveny Pavel Hazdra Compact Uplink Circularly Polarized 2.4GHz Short Backfire Antenna for Geostationary Amateur Radio Satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100) IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation Antenna Es’Hail-2 metasurface satellite SBA QO-100 |
| title | Compact Uplink Circularly Polarized 2.4GHz Short Backfire Antenna for Geostationary Amateur Radio Satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100) |
| title_full | Compact Uplink Circularly Polarized 2.4GHz Short Backfire Antenna for Geostationary Amateur Radio Satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100) |
| title_fullStr | Compact Uplink Circularly Polarized 2.4GHz Short Backfire Antenna for Geostationary Amateur Radio Satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Compact Uplink Circularly Polarized 2.4GHz Short Backfire Antenna for Geostationary Amateur Radio Satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100) |
| title_short | Compact Uplink Circularly Polarized 2.4GHz Short Backfire Antenna for Geostationary Amateur Radio Satellite Es’Hail-2 (QO-100) |
| title_sort | compact uplink circularly polarized 2 4ghz short backfire antenna for geostationary amateur radio satellite es x2019 hail 2 qo 100 |
| topic | Antenna Es’Hail-2 metasurface satellite SBA QO-100 |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10753477/ |
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