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Design and analysis of a circular polarized S-band antenna for CubeSat communication system

MUNTASIR M. SHEIKH1, FAIZA AMIN SHOMPA2, AFSANA AZIZ2, TANVEER AHSAN2, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL ALAM2, ABDUL KADAR MUHAMMAD MASUM2, TOUHIDUL ALAM3,* , RABAH W. ALDHAHERI1,* , KHALID H. ALHARBI1, MOHAMMAD TARIQUL ISLAM4,*

Affiliation

  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  2. Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC), Chattogram-4318, Bangladesh
  3. Pusat Sains Angkasa (ANGKASA), Institut Perubahan Iklim, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
  4. Centre for Advanced Electronic and Communication Engineering, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysi

Abstract

In this paper, an optimized circular polarized patch antenna is proposed for 1U CubeSat communication system. This antenna consists of a square slotted square patch with full ground plane. The proposed antenna is designed considering small satellite compatibility such as lightweight, small size, single feeding etc. The antenna operates at 2.4 GHz with 80 MHz impedance bandwidth (2.35 GHz to 2.43 GHz) and 3dB axial beamwidth of 135˚ at resonate frequency. The Roger’s 5880 substrate material has been adopted considering the harsh environment of the space. Moreover, antenna reflection coefficient and axial ratio of the designed antenna has been investigated for both simulation and measurement with 1U CubeSat body structure. The antenna achieved realized gain of 7.48 dB with 1U small satellite structure. The contribution of this research is to design this small footprint antenna system for S-band small satellite communication.

Keywords

Antenna, CubeSat, Circular polarization, S-band.

Citation

MUNTASIR M. SHEIKH, FAIZA AMIN SHOMPA, AFSANA AZIZ, TANVEER AHSAN, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL ALAM, ABDUL KADAR MUHAMMAD MASUM, TOUHIDUL ALAM, RABAH W. ALDHAHERI, KHALID H. ALHARBI, MOHAMMAD TARIQUL ISLAM, Design and analysis of a circular polarized S-band antenna for CubeSat communication system, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 17, 1-2, January-February 2023, pp.73-77 (2023).

Submitted at: June 26, 2022

Accepted at: Feb. 6, 2023