2012
DOI: 10.1002/mop.26906
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Active integrated meshed patch antennas for small satellites

Abstract: Meshed microstrip antennas are optically see‐through when printed on transparent substrates and can potentially be directly integrated on solar cells to save surface real estate of small satellites.Integrating active components such as amplifiers with see‐through antennas further extends multifunctionality of solar panels. Two active integrated meshed patch antennas were studied at 2.48 GHz. The antennas serve as loads for class‐B power amplifiers and as radiators. As a reference, the first design was a regula… Show more

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“…The work presented shows that mesh randomization achieves more uniform diffraction and minimizes optical degradation. Antenna considerations are out of the scope for this manuscript but are discussed in other related works [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. (Left) square unit cell (Right) circle unit cell with square lattice.…”
Section: Diffraction and Its Effect On Imaging Qualitymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The work presented shows that mesh randomization achieves more uniform diffraction and minimizes optical degradation. Antenna considerations are out of the scope for this manuscript but are discussed in other related works [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. (Left) square unit cell (Right) circle unit cell with square lattice.…”
Section: Diffraction and Its Effect On Imaging Qualitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For transparent conductors, transparency and conductivity are often inversely related. In the optically transparent RF structure (antennas and transmission lines) community, many applications only consider periodic conductors to achieve transparency for an invisible antenna on display, on a front windshield of a vehicle or the solar panels of a CubeSat [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. The applications discussed in literature primarily only require high transparency so the human cannot visually see the antenna.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The transparency of the meshed antenna is defined by the percentage of see‐through area of the antenna, and the transparency of the patch is defined by the percentage of see‐through area of the patch . The formulae are as follow: Pantennatran=AantennaAmetalAantenna×100%Ppatchtran=ApatchAmetalApatch×100% …”
Section: Antenna Designmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Meshed antennas operate on the same principle as conventional microstrip patches [8]- [10], the only difference being the minimal use of metalization on the top layer without significantly compromising the radiation performance, the bandwidth (BW), etc., of the antenna, while also maximizing FIGURE 1. Illustration of the proposed meshed patch antenna for solar panel integration and placement on CubeSats and other satellites.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%