A compact microstrip antenna with tapered peripheral slits for CubeSat RF payloads at 436MHz: Miniaturization techniques, design & numerical results

2008 International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications, IWSSC'08, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 255-259

  Kakoyiannis, Constantine G ^a   Constantinou, Philip ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Current distribution; Microstrip antennas; Polarization; Satellite antennas; UHF antennas

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; SATELLITES; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

COMPACT MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; CURRENT PATHS; DEGREE OF FREEDOMS; DESIGN AND SIMULATIONS; DIELECTRIC LOADINGS; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCES; ELECTRICAL SIZES; GAIN PERFORMANCES; MINIATURIZATION TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PERIPHERAL SLITS; PICO SATELLITES; PLANAR ANTENNAS; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SMALL ANTENNAS; SMALL SATELLITES; UHF ANTENNAS; UHF SPECTRUMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 57749187430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWSSC.2008.4656804     Document Type: Conference Paper

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