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1、IEEEANTENNASANDWIRELESSPROPAGATIONLETTERS,VOL.12,20131057CircularlyPolarizedMeshedPatchAntennaforSmallSatelliteApplicationTursunjanYasin,StudentMember,IEEE,andReyhanBaktur,SeniorMember,IEEEAbstract—Acircularlypolarizedmeshedpatchantennadesignispresented.T
2、heproposedantennaconsistsoftwosquaremeshedpatches,whichgeneratetwoorthogonallinearpolarizationsattwoslightlydifferentfrequencies.Acommonproximityfeedlineisuti-lizedtoexcitethetwopatches,anda90phasedifferencecanbeachievedbetweenthetworesonantfrequencies,wh
3、ichisneededforcircularpolarization.Theoverallstructureofthisantennaishighlycompatiblewithsolarpanels;thus,itisofgreatsignificanceforsmallsatelliteapplications.Themeasuredresultsofthean-tennaprototypeshowthatithasa3-dBaxial-ratio(AR)bandwidthof15MHz,a10-dBi
4、mpedancebandwidthof2%,andagainof5.15dBatitscenterfrequency2.47GHz.IndexTerms—Circularpolarization,meshedpatchantenna,solarcellintegration.Fig.1.SolarpanelonaCubeSat:(a)isometricviewofaCubeSat;(b)typicalstructureofthesolarpanel.I.INTRODUCTIONispractical.Wh
5、ilethedual-feedmethodisbulkyandthefeed-lineswouldinevitablyhindertheintegrationwithsolarcells,theNEofthechallengesofCubeSatellites(CubeSats),anmethodofcornertruncationrequiresaverycarefulandlow-Oemergingcrucialtoolforspaceexploration,istheirlim-toleranced
6、esignofmeshgeometrytoefficientlyconducttheitedsurfaceareathatimposesrestrictionsonamountofsolarcurrentsofcomplicatedpatternstosupportthetworesonantcellsandpositionsofantennasandspaceinstruments.There-modesforaCP.Similarly,duetoeithercomplexmeshde-fore,opti
7、callytransparentantennasthatcanbeintegratedontopsignorinappropriatefeedstructure,manyotheravailabletech-ofsolarcellsareadesirablepotentialsolutionforthelimitedniques[7]–[11]toachievecircularpolarizationarenotsuitablerealestateissue[1]–[3].Althoughtranspar
8、entconductorssuchforsolarcellandmeshedpatchintegration.asindiumtinoxides(ITO)canbeappliedfortransparentan-Thisletterpresentsacircularlypolarizedmeshedantennatennadesign[2],[3],ITOantennashavebeenshowntohavecomposedo