Dual-Band Dually-Polarized Compact Folded-Shorted Patch Array for Small Satellites

Bandar Alshammari; Khalid Alrushud; Maksim Kuznetcov; Yuepei Li; Symon K. Podilchak

doi:10.1109/APS/URSI47566.2021.9703829

Dual-Band Dually-Polarized Compact Folded-Shorted Patch Array for Small Satellites

Bandar Alshammari, Khalid Alrushud, Maksim Kuznetcov, Yuepei Li, Symon K. Podilchak

School of Engineering

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A dual-band, folded-shorted patch (FSP) antenna array is presented for CubeSats like microsatellites and picosatellites. The adopted folding and shorting technique for the individual patch elements, allows for size reduction of the conventional quarter-wavelength shorted patch. Also, to further miniaturize the array, the single-element FSPs are realized with meandering on the top-layer. These design approaches result in a compact array with a total size of 5 × 5 cm2 considering a 2 × 2 arrangement. This structure also offers dual-circularly polarized (DCP) radiation which is made possible by an eight-port feeding configuration for the array (i.e. two ports for each element). Given the dual-band nature of the individual FSPs, which is not typically exploited, the developed array is made operational for 1.1 GHz and 2.1 GHz. These features can simultaneously allow for downlink and uplink communications and/or satellite-to-satellite data links at L-band and S-band frequencies, while also, not consuming excessive area on the satellite itself. This is because the proposed 2 × 2 array can support these multiple transmitting and receiving functions, with a single antenna array structure for example, whilst leaving space on the CubeSat itself for other devices, sensors, solar panels, and deployable systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	707-708
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728146706
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APS/URSI47566.2021.9703829
Publication status	Published - 16 Feb 2022
Event	2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, APS/URSI 2021 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 4 Dec 2021 → 10 Dec 2021

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Conference	2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, APS/URSI 2021
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	4/12/21 → 10/12/21

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Alshammari, B., Alrushud, K., Kuznetcov, M., Li, Y., & Podilchak, S. K. (2022). Dual-Band Dually-Polarized Compact Folded-Shorted Patch Array for Small Satellites. In 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI) (pp. 707-708). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/APS/URSI47566.2021.9703829

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Alshammari, B, Alrushud, K, Kuznetcov, M, Li, Y & Podilchak, SK 2022, Dual-Band Dually-Polarized Compact Folded-Shorted Patch Array for Small Satellites. in 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 707-708, 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, APS/URSI 2021, Singapore, Singapore, 4/12/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/APS/URSI47566.2021.9703829

Dual-Band Dually-Polarized Compact Folded-Shorted Patch Array for Small Satellites. / Alshammari, Bandar; Alrushud, Khalid; Kuznetcov, Maksim et al.
2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2022. p. 707-708.

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