@inproceedings{86b7ac8cbfef4931b4afb1a88f2640b2,
title = "Electrically small S-band antenna for cubesat applications",
abstract = "This research paper deals with the design and development of a circularly polarized S-band rectangular patch antenna providing performance suitable for application in CubeSat. A CubeSat is a type of miniaturized satellite used primarily by university research groups for demonstration of technology. They are low earth orbiting sun-synchronous (LEOSS) type of satellites. The design protocol specifies maximum outer dimensions equal to 100 mm×100 mm×100 mm and weighing a mass between 1.3-6 kg. However, being small in size, they pose some challenges such as low profile antenna, possibility for cross-link communication with other similar satellites and high reliability of communication in a swarm without the prior knowledge of their positions. Additionally CubeSats dictate the space limitation for placing the antenna within it. With all these, it also requires small antenna with high gain and wide directivity. The most suitable antennas that address most of the aforementioned challenges are planar antennas. The design and simulation of the proposed design of electrically small sband antenna for CubeSat achieves gain of 5.01 dBi with a narrow bandwidth of 100 MHz. The analysis is performed using MATLAB and HFSS (High Frequency Structural Simulator).",
keywords = "Antennas, Circular polarization (CP), CubeSat, HFSS, Microstrip antennas",
author = "Rather, \{Nadeem Nabi\} and S. Suganthi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 2nd IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking, WiSPNET 2017 ; Conference date: 22-03-2017 Through 24-03-2017",
year = "2017",
month = jul,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1109/WiSPNET.8300049",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking, WiSPNET 2017",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1687--1691",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking, WiSPNET 2017",
address = "United States",
}