Design of an Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Printed Crossed-Dipole Antenna Based on Genetic Algorithms for S-Band CubeSat Applications
As in any satellite, onboard antennas for CubeSats are crucial to establish communication with ground stations or other satellites. According to its application, antennas must comply with standardized requirements related to size, bandwidth, operating frequency, polarization, and gain. This paper pr...
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| description | As in any satellite, onboard antennas for CubeSats are crucial to establish communication with ground stations or other satellites. According to its application, antennas must comply with standardized requirements related to size, bandwidth, operating frequency, polarization, and gain. This paper presents an ultrawideband circularly polarized two-layer crossed-dipole microstrip antenna for S-band CubeSat applications using genetic algorithms optimization tools included in the 3D electromagnetic simulation software Ansys HFSS. The antenna is constructed on a 10 × 10 cm Cuclad-250 substrate with a back copper flat plane, located at λ/4 at 2.25 GHz operating frequency. The backplane with the exact substrate dimensions improves gain and reduces inside satellite radiation. Measured bandwidth defined by S11 at a −10 dB was higher than 1835 MHz with S11 = −24.68 dB at the central frequency of 2.25 GHz, while measured VSWR at the same frequency was 1.124. At 2.25 GHz, the maximum measured gain and the minimum measured axial ratio in the broadside direction were found to be 6 dBi and 0.22 dB, respectively. There are antenna simulations and measurements, as long as its fabrication guarantees application requirements that make it ready for prespace testing. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-753505ba88f74771bb3cc03db73e5dc82025-02-03T01:27:20ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772021-01-01202110.1155/2021/87334278733427Design of an Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Printed Crossed-Dipole Antenna Based on Genetic Algorithms for S-Band CubeSat ApplicationsJorge Simon0Hugo Perez-Guerrero1Jorge Sosa-Pedroza2Fabiola Martínez-Zúñiga3Juvenal Villanueva-Maldonado4Jorge Flores-Troncoso5Marco Cardenas-Juarez6Cátedras CONACYT, Unidad Académica de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, MexicoFacultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, MexicoEscuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Unidad Adolfo López Mateos, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, MexicoEscuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Unidad Adolfo López Mateos, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, MexicoCátedras CONACYT, Unidad Académica de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, MexicoUnidad Académica de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, MexicoFacultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, MexicoAs in any satellite, onboard antennas for CubeSats are crucial to establish communication with ground stations or other satellites. According to its application, antennas must comply with standardized requirements related to size, bandwidth, operating frequency, polarization, and gain. This paper presents an ultrawideband circularly polarized two-layer crossed-dipole microstrip antenna for S-band CubeSat applications using genetic algorithms optimization tools included in the 3D electromagnetic simulation software Ansys HFSS. The antenna is constructed on a 10 × 10 cm Cuclad-250 substrate with a back copper flat plane, located at λ/4 at 2.25 GHz operating frequency. The backplane with the exact substrate dimensions improves gain and reduces inside satellite radiation. Measured bandwidth defined by S11 at a −10 dB was higher than 1835 MHz with S11 = −24.68 dB at the central frequency of 2.25 GHz, while measured VSWR at the same frequency was 1.124. At 2.25 GHz, the maximum measured gain and the minimum measured axial ratio in the broadside direction were found to be 6 dBi and 0.22 dB, respectively. There are antenna simulations and measurements, as long as its fabrication guarantees application requirements that make it ready for prespace testing.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8733427 |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Simon Hugo Perez-Guerrero Jorge Sosa-Pedroza Fabiola Martínez-Zúñiga Juvenal Villanueva-Maldonado Jorge Flores-Troncoso Marco Cardenas-Juarez Design of an Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Printed Crossed-Dipole Antenna Based on Genetic Algorithms for S-Band CubeSat Applications International Journal of Antennas and Propagation |
| title | Design of an Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Printed Crossed-Dipole Antenna Based on Genetic Algorithms for S-Band CubeSat Applications |
| title_full | Design of an Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Printed Crossed-Dipole Antenna Based on Genetic Algorithms for S-Band CubeSat Applications |
| title_fullStr | Design of an Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Printed Crossed-Dipole Antenna Based on Genetic Algorithms for S-Band CubeSat Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of an Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Printed Crossed-Dipole Antenna Based on Genetic Algorithms for S-Band CubeSat Applications |
| title_short | Design of an Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Printed Crossed-Dipole Antenna Based on Genetic Algorithms for S-Band CubeSat Applications |
| title_sort | design of an ultrawideband circularly polarized printed crossed dipole antenna based on genetic algorithms for s band cubesat applications |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8733427 |
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