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A Lightweight Radial Line Slot Antenna with Honeycomb Structure for Space Use
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A lightweight and high gain planar antenna for space use is realized with radial waveguide slotted array and honeycomb structure with the weight of 1.16 kg and the diameter of 920.5 mm. The slot coupling is analyzed by method of moments considering the hybrid mode in the multi-layer waveguide structure. The propagation constant of the honeycomb structure is measured and the low-loss property is obtained at the frequency range of 8 GHz. The fabricated RLSA is measured and the reflection is around -10 dB in 8 GHz band. The measured aperture fields agree with the calculation in the radial direction. In the azimuthal direction, on the other hand, the fields show ripples of 6 dB and 60 degree. The gain of 35.9 dBi with the efficiency of 58.7% is obtained at 8.6 GHz.
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- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E91-B No.3 pp.871-877
- Publication Date
- 2008/03/01
- Publicized
- Online ISSN
- 1745-1345
- DOI
- 10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.3.871
- Type of Manuscript
- PAPER
- Category
- Antennas and Propagation
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Hideki UEDA, Jiro HIROKAWA, Makoto ANDO, Osamu AMANO, Yukio KAMATA, "A Lightweight Radial Line Slot Antenna with Honeycomb Structure for Space Use" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications,
vol. E91-B, no. 3, pp. 871-877, March 2008, doi: 10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.3.871.
Abstract: A lightweight and high gain planar antenna for space use is realized with radial waveguide slotted array and honeycomb structure with the weight of 1.16 kg and the diameter of 920.5 mm. The slot coupling is analyzed by method of moments considering the hybrid mode in the multi-layer waveguide structure. The propagation constant of the honeycomb structure is measured and the low-loss property is obtained at the frequency range of 8 GHz. The fabricated RLSA is measured and the reflection is around -10 dB in 8 GHz band. The measured aperture fields agree with the calculation in the radial direction. In the azimuthal direction, on the other hand, the fields show ripples of 6 dB and 60 degree. The gain of 35.9 dBi with the efficiency of 58.7% is obtained at 8.6 GHz.
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author={Hideki UEDA, Jiro HIROKAWA, Makoto ANDO, Osamu AMANO, Yukio KAMATA, },
journal={IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications},
title={A Lightweight Radial Line Slot Antenna with Honeycomb Structure for Space Use},
year={2008},
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abstract={A lightweight and high gain planar antenna for space use is realized with radial waveguide slotted array and honeycomb structure with the weight of 1.16 kg and the diameter of 920.5 mm. The slot coupling is analyzed by method of moments considering the hybrid mode in the multi-layer waveguide structure. The propagation constant of the honeycomb structure is measured and the low-loss property is obtained at the frequency range of 8 GHz. The fabricated RLSA is measured and the reflection is around -10 dB in 8 GHz band. The measured aperture fields agree with the calculation in the radial direction. In the azimuthal direction, on the other hand, the fields show ripples of 6 dB and 60 degree. The gain of 35.9 dBi with the efficiency of 58.7% is obtained at 8.6 GHz.},
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doi={10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.3.871},
ISSN={1745-1345},
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TY - JOUR
TI - A Lightweight Radial Line Slot Antenna with Honeycomb Structure for Space Use
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AU - Hideki UEDA
AU - Jiro HIROKAWA
AU - Makoto ANDO
AU - Osamu AMANO
AU - Yukio KAMATA
PY - 2008
DO - 10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.3.871
JO - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
SN - 1745-1345
VL - E91-B
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JA - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
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AB - A lightweight and high gain planar antenna for space use is realized with radial waveguide slotted array and honeycomb structure with the weight of 1.16 kg and the diameter of 920.5 mm. The slot coupling is analyzed by method of moments considering the hybrid mode in the multi-layer waveguide structure. The propagation constant of the honeycomb structure is measured and the low-loss property is obtained at the frequency range of 8 GHz. The fabricated RLSA is measured and the reflection is around -10 dB in 8 GHz band. The measured aperture fields agree with the calculation in the radial direction. In the azimuthal direction, on the other hand, the fields show ripples of 6 dB and 60 degree. The gain of 35.9 dBi with the efficiency of 58.7% is obtained at 8.6 GHz.
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