Design of a compact wearable single-arm spiral antenna for satellite communications

Masood Ur-Rehman; Qammer H. Abbasi; Muhammad Kamran; Xiaodong Yang

doi:10.1109/RFM.2013.6757275

Design of a compact wearable single-arm spiral antenna for satellite communications

Masood Ur-Rehman
, Qammer H. Abbasi
, Muhammad Kamran
, Xiaodong Yang

University of Bedfordshire
Xidian University
Texas A and M University at Qatar Education City
University of Engineering and Technology Lahore

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Abstract

Spiral antennas are a popular choice for satellite communication systems due to their small size, broadband, circular polarisation and high gain. This paper presents a novel design of an Archimedean single-arm spiral antenna fed through a coaxial feed for operation in X and Ku frequency bands covering 8 GHz to 18 GHz frequencies. The antenna has very good impedance matching (better than -10 dB) throughout the frequency range, good right hand circular polarisation (≤3 dB) and offers a maximum peak gain of 9.1 dBi. The radiation characteristics, efficiency, gain and compact size make this antenna suitable for rigid, mobile and airborne terminals. The compact size also makes the proposed antenna good candidate for wearable/poartable wireless communication devices.

Original language	English
Pages	318-321
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RFM.2013.6757275
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	2013 5th IEEE International RF and Microwave Conference, RFM 2013 - Penang, Malaysia Duration: 9 Dec 2013 → 11 Dec 2013

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Conference	2013 5th IEEE International RF and Microwave Conference, RFM 2013
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Penang
Period	9/12/13 → 11/12/13

Keywords

High gain antenna
Ku band
Portable applications
Satellite Communications
Spiral antenna
X band

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