TerraSAR-X is a highly flexible X-band radar satellite. Its primary objective is the acquisition of high quality SAR images in a multitude of possible acquisition modes. The great amount of antenna patterns needed for image acquisition and correction requires an antenna model accurately describing all beams. To guarantee the required image quality, the model was verified in-orbit during the com...

Patch antennas have emerged rapidly with advancement of communication technology. For antenna design purposes, Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method is a commonly used. This paper focuses on the interaction among elements of MIMO antenna also known as mutual coupling using FDTD method. An M shape is introduced and with placement of isolating structure, round about 12dB of isolation is inc...

The C and X band ranges of operation have wide range of applications which include satellite communications, Terrestrial communications and motion detection. In this paper we simulated and presented the results of radiation pattern, return loss, power dissipation and quality factor of stacked Microstrip patch antenna which operates in C and X bands. The results of antenna are simulated by using...

w w w . i j e c t . o r g Abstract GPS, Satellite phones, requires broadband, miniature size and circularly polarized antennas. Microstrip antennas have inherently narrow bandwidth, hence demanded enhanced bandwidth and size reduction. The present paper discusses the design of wideband compact and circular polarised MSA. The bandwidth of proposed antenna is enhanced by using EC stacked patch an...

In this paper, a novel microstrip-fed compact antenna with triple band-notched characteristics is presented for ultrawideband (UWB) applications. The antenna consists of a circular radiating patch, a 50 Ω microstrip feed line, a partially slotted ground plane, and a pair of modified capacitance loaded loop (MCLL) resonators. The novel resonators are symmetrically located in the vicinity of the ...

With the advancements in optical and satellite communications for high speed long range data transmissions, serrated antennas plays a vital role. In this work we have designed a Edge Serrated Microstrip Patch antenna used for these applications has been modeled on FR4 substrate as a dielectric medium which has a relative permittivity value of 4.4. The proposed antenna was resonating at two diff...

A Dielectric Resonator loaded Substrate integrated waveguide cavity backed slot antenna (SIDRA) is proposed for two slot polarizations and orientation. A SIW-fed cylindrical DRA using rectangular slot is used for obtaining bandwidth of about 5% at 6.15 GHz. For enhancing bandwidth, a plus shaped slot with bandwidth of about 8.80% and gain of 3.7 dB is proposed. The proposed antenna represents S...

Thinned phased array antenna is useful for Radar and satellite communications. Main drawback of phased array antenna is generation of side lobes and grating lobes when the beam is titled from broadside direction toward the end-fire direction. This paper reports the optimization of thinned phased array antenna using genetic algorithm (GA). By varying the tilt angle form broadside direction main ...

This article presents the prototype of an electronically steerable receive-only array antenna realised within the ESA-project NATALIA. This project is funded under contract number 18612/04/NL/US. The antenna is conceived for the reception of mobile satellite services in Ku-band and its design targets the market of automotive applications. The design of the prototype is based on an innovative po...

Multipath signal processing is a promising technique for increasing the capacity of downlink frequency of satellite communication networks (S-PCN). The paper presents an approach to processing and reducing multipath signals received from S-PCN typified of mobile terminal users in clustered or mountainous environment. Use of hybrid linear adaptive antenna array technique and adaptive filtering t...