This paper presents an overview of the results of the development of Ku-Band Low-Profile antennas for Mobile Satellite Communications. The antennas are based on a hybrid mechanical-electronic steerable array architecture. Different prototypes have been developed and demonstrated. We present the results for two receive-only antennas for satellite broadcasting applications and two Transmit-Receiv...

This paper presents the design, simulation, and measurement of two low-cost broadband circularly polarized (CP) printed antennas: a single element and an array at C band. The proposed single element antenna is excited by an L-shaped strip with a tapered end, located along the circular-slot diagonal line in the back plane. From the array experimental results, the 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth can r...

A modified circular patch antenna design has been proposed in this paper, the bandwidth of this antenna is optimized using the genetic algorithm (GA) based on fuzzy decision-making. This design is simulated with HP HFSS Program that based on finite element method. This method is employed for analysis at the frequency band of 1.4 GHz- 2.6 GHz. It gives good impedance bandwidth of the order o...

Recently, wireless-PAN systems using a UWB technique are considered. Antennas such as a planar trapezoidal monopole or dipole antenna for a UWB was developed.[1],[2] Since a 5 GHz band is allocated for wireless LAN service such as an IEEE802.11a, a UWB antenna should have a band notch to avoid an interference between two systems. To fulfil this requirement, several UWB antennas having a band no...

Varactor tuned printed planar inverted-F antennas (PIFA) are investigated. The low-profile printed antennas are fabricated together with the layouts of its DC control circuits and other RF/baseband circuit footprints. A surface mounted (SMT) varactor is applied as a frequency-tuning element at the middle of the long radiating arm in PIFA. Passive lumped DC bias circuits are implemented with goo...

Since the first Report and Order by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized the unlicensed use of ultra wideband (UWB) which must meet the emission masks on February 14, 2002 [1], both industry and academia have paid much attention to R&D of commercial UWB systems. Among UWB system design, the UWB antenna is the key component. Recently, a considerable amount of researches have be...

In this paper, two miniaturized (20 × 20mm2) coplanar waveguide fed slot antennas are proposed. Both the antennas are characterized by ultra wide impedance bandwidth while one of them has an additional narrow band near 2.5GHz. The radiating element of the proposed antennas is a modified rectangular geometry which is excited by a 50 ohm line. The slot in the ground plane is stair case shape for ...

As part of an indoor mutt/path measurement system, discone antennas featuring simple N~onnector feed systems have bHn designed for the 1.0 to 2.0 GHz band. Extensive experimentation reveals that excellent performance (VSWR < 15:1 across the band) can be obtained with a simple "snap-on" feed/mount method, and that VSWR is most sensitive to the diameter of the disc feed conductor. Per· formance d...

In this paper, we have investigated printed monopole antennas, which is basically printed microstrip antenna with etched ground plane for UWB applications. In particular, we have simulated two types of UWB printed monopole antennas: circular and modified circular disk monopole antennas. Simple rectangular microstrip lines are used for feeding the printed monopole antennas. This UWB monopole ant...