Light weight RLSAs with a honeycomb-type parallel plate are promising candidates for satellite antennas. However, the design of slot lengths and positions in honeycomb RLSAs consisting of a core, skin and adhesive layers involves time-consuming EM analysis. In this paper, an equivalent double layer model is devised for fast slot coupling analysis by the Method of moments (MoM) together with a simplified array design procedure. A fabricated antenna with a diameter of 900mm demonstrates the high directivity of 48.3dBi and a gain of 44.6dBi at 32GHz, with the reflection below -15dB. This antenna weighs only 1.16kg.
Tung NGUYEN
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Rushanthi JAYAWARDENE
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yasutomo TAKANO
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kimio SAKURAI
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Jiro HIROKAWA
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Makoto ANDO
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Osamu AMANO
NEC-Toshiba Space Systems
Shuichi KOREEDA
NEC-Toshiba Space Systems
Takaomi MATSUZAKI
NEC-Toshiba Space Systems
Yukio KAMATA
JAXA
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Tung NGUYEN, Rushanthi JAYAWARDENE, Yasutomo TAKANO, Kimio SAKURAI, Jiro HIROKAWA, Makoto ANDO, Osamu AMANO, Shuichi KOREEDA, Takaomi MATSUZAKI, Yukio KAMATA, "An Equivalent Double Layer Model for a Fast Design and Analysis of High Gain-Multilayer Radial Line Slot Antennas" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications,
vol. E96-B, no. 11, pp. 2891-2900, November 2013, doi: 10.1587/transcom.E96.B.2891.
Abstract: Light weight RLSAs with a honeycomb-type parallel plate are promising candidates for satellite antennas. However, the design of slot lengths and positions in honeycomb RLSAs consisting of a core, skin and adhesive layers involves time-consuming EM analysis. In this paper, an equivalent double layer model is devised for fast slot coupling analysis by the Method of moments (MoM) together with a simplified array design procedure. A fabricated antenna with a diameter of 900mm demonstrates the high directivity of 48.3dBi and a gain of 44.6dBi at 32GHz, with the reflection below -15dB. This antenna weighs only 1.16kg.
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AU - Osamu AMANO
AU - Shuichi KOREEDA
AU - Takaomi MATSUZAKI
AU - Yukio KAMATA
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