Dual-band circularly polarized equilateral triangular-patch array antenna for mobile satellite communications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3477-3485

  Sumantyo, Josaphat Tetuko Sri ^a,b   Ito, Koichi ^c   Takahashi, Masaharu ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Pandhito Panji Foundation   (India)

^c Research Center for Frontier Medical Engineering   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circular polarization; Dual band; Equilateral triangular patch; Mobile satellite communications; Outdoor experiments; Pseudosatellite

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; EQUILATERAL TRIANGULAR PATCH ARRAY ANTENNA; PSEUDOSATELLITE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 28644442348     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.858849     Document Type: Article

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