Microstrip antenna developments at JPL |
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Authors: | Huang J. |
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Affiliation: | Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA; |
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Abstract: | The in-house development of microstrip antennas, initiated in 1981, when a spaceborne lightweight and low-profile planar array was needed for a satellite communication system, is described. The work described covers the prediction of finite-ground-plane effects by the geometric theory of diffraction, higher-order-mode circularly polarized circular patch antennas, circularly polarized microstrip arrays with linearly polarized elements, an impedance-matching teardrop-shaped probe feed, a dual-polarized microstrip array with high isolation and low cross-polarization, a planar microstrip Yagi array, a microstrip reflect-array, a Ka-band MMIC array, and a series-fed linear arrays |
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