On the design of direct radiating antenna arrays with reduced number of controls for satellite communications

Theodoros Kaifas, Katherine Siakavara, Dimitrios Babas, George Miaris, Elias Vafiadis, John N. Sahalos

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Abstract

Our activity has to do with the design of Direct Radiating Arrays (DRA) for satellite communications. The objective is to have a reduced number of controls in order to minimize the manufacturing and operating complexity. The DRAs will create a set of simultaneously overlapped multi-beams in the frequency range of 20 GHz and will satisfy certain specifications (End of Coverage (EOC) gain, grating and side lobe levels). Radio-Communications Laboratory (RCL) shall consider the DRA design and shall mainly optimize the geometry of the array and develop the appropriate software tool. The design methods which are going to be used are the Fractal Technique and the Orthogonal Method(OM) in conjunction with the Orthogonal Perturbation Method (OPM). Some preliminary examples are presented and show the effectiveness of the design methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMobile Lightweight Wireless Systems - First International ICST Conference, MOBILIGHT 2009, Revised Selected Papers
Pages420-429
Number of pages10
Volume13 LNICST
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event1st International Conference on Mobile Lightweight Systems, MOBILIGHT 2009 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 18 May 200920 May 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Volume13 LNICST
ISSN (Print)1867-8211

Other

Other1st International Conference on Mobile Lightweight Systems, MOBILIGHT 2009
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period18/05/0920/05/09

Keywords

  • Array synthesis
  • Direct Radiating Arrays (DRA)
  • Fractal antennas
  • Orthogonal method (OM)

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