Design of a small and low-profile 2 × 2 hemispherical helical antenna array for mobile satellite communications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 346-348

  Hui, H T ^a   Yung, Edward K N ^a   Law, C L ^a   Koh, Y S ^a   Koh, W L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antenna array; Circular polarization; Hemispherical helical antenna; Satellite communications

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA GROUNDS; ANTENNA LOBES; BANDWIDTH; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; HELICAL ANTENNAS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; CROSS-POLARIZATION; HEMISPHERICAL HELICAL ANTENNA ARRAY; MOBILE SATELLITE COMMUNICATION;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 1542285826     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.822410     Document Type: Article

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