A Printed Yagi Antenna for CubeSat with Multi-Frequency Tilt Operation

Liu, Sining; Raad, Raad; Theoharis, Panagiotis Ioannis; Tubbal, Faisel

doi:10.3390/electronics9060986

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“…Overall, the antenna efficiency was more than 56% for the investigated scanning range. A printed Yagi antenna with multi-frequency operation was proposed in [187]. This Yagi antenna has four printed elements and an integrated balun.…”

Section: Linear Arrays For Cubesatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Survey on CubeSat Missions and Their Antenna Designs

Theoharis

Raad

et al. 2022

Electronics

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CubeSats are a class of miniaturized satellites that have become increasingly popular in academia and among hobbyists due to their short development time and low fabrication cost. Their compact size, lightweight characteristics, and ability to form a swarm enables them to communicate directly with one another to inspire new ideas on space exploration, space-based measurements, and implementation of the latest technology. CubeSat missions require specific antenna designs in order to achieve optimal performance and ensure mission success. Over the past two decades, a plethora of antenna designs have been proposed and implemented on CubeSat missions. Several challenges arise when designing CubeSat antennas such as gain, polarization, frequency selection, pointing accuracy, coverage, and deployment mechanisms. While these challenges are strongly related to the restrictions posed by the CubeSat standards, recently, researchers have turned their attention from the reliable and proven whip antenna to more sophisticated antenna designs such as antenna arrays to allow for higher gain and reconfigurable and steerable radiation patterns. This paper provides a comprehensive survey of the antennas used in 120 CubeSat missions from 2003 to 2022 as well as a collection of single-element antennas and antenna arrays that have been proposed in the literature. In addition, we propose a pictorial representation of how to select an antenna for different types of CubeSat missions. To this end, this paper aims is to serve both as an introductory guide on CubeSats antennas for CubeSat enthusiasts and a state of the art for CubeSat designers in this ever-growing field.

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Section: Linear Arrays For Cubesatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Survey on CubeSat Missions and Their Antenna Designs

Theoharis

Raad

et al. 2022

Electronics

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“…Various methodologies and approaches have been proposed to achieve a planar configuration with reduced antenna size [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ]. However, simultaneously achieving miniaturization with a planar configuration, wide bandwidth, and higher gain, particularly in the UHF band, remains a challenging task.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Miniaturized Folded-Slot CubeSat MIMO Antenna Design with Pattern Diversity

Hussain

Aljaloud

Rao

et al. 2022

Sensors

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In this paper, a folded slot-based multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) antenna design for Cube Satellite (CubeSat) applications is presented for the ultra-high frequency (UHF) band. A unique combination of a reactively loaded meandered slot with a folded structure is presented to achieve the antenna’s miniaturization. The proposed antenna is able to operate over a wide frequency band from 430~510 MHz. Moreover, pattern diversity is achieved by the antenna’s element placement, resulting in good MIMO diversity performance. The four elements are placed on one Unit (1U) for CubeSat dimensions of 100 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm. The miniaturized antenna design with pattern diversity over a wide operating band is well suited for small satellite applications, particularly CubeSats in the UHF band.

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“…More classical implementations, such as Yagi-Uda arrays [14] or complementary dipoles [15], may not be suitable if metallic structures are underneath the radiating element or the space available is highly constrained. These challenges require more clever solutions such as miniaturization [16] or mechanical steering of the antenna [17].…”

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Compact Substrate Integrated Waveguide Quasi-Endfire Antenna for CubeSat Integration

Alrushud

Buendía

Podilchak

2021

Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett.

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A planar quasi-end-fire surface wave antenna using substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology for integration with CubeSats and other small satellites is proposed in this letter. This antenna can be attached to the body of the satellite, resulting in a compact and low-cost design. A quasi-end-fire beam pattern is achieved by the radiation of the fundamental TM0 surface wave mode at the edge of a grounded dielectric slab (GDS). This mode is excited by a leaky SIW T-junction creating a uniform wavefront that propagates through a truncated parallel-plate waveguide (PPW). A matching section based on an array of sub-wavelength patches is also added at the interface between the PPW and the GDS for reduced reflections and improved antenna radiation performance. The measured prototype demonstrated realized gain values of 13.3 dBi at 18.6 GHz for a competitive structure size of 5λ0 × 4.8 λ0 and with a simulated total radiation efficiency of 93.4%, providing high data rate capabilities for downlink communications. This antenna could be suitable for CubeSat or other small satellite commercial missions, for example, Earth and planetary observations or inter-satellite links.

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A Printed Yagi Antenna for CubeSat with Multi-Frequency Tilt Operation

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

A Survey on CubeSat Missions and Their Antenna Designs

A Survey on CubeSat Missions and Their Antenna Designs

Miniaturized Folded-Slot CubeSat MIMO Antenna Design with Pattern Diversity

Compact Substrate Integrated Waveguide Quasi-Endfire Antenna for CubeSat Integration

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