Abstract
In this paper, the design of a passive multi-beam lens antenna is proposed for the CubeSat space communication system as an alternative application of a 2-D microstrip antenna array that has originally been designed for a 39 GHz 5 G MU-MIMO system. The half-ellipsoid lens is 3-D printed using stereolithography (SLA) technology. The antenna prototype is capable of selecting the main beam between 16 different directions with a gain ranging from 14 to 16 dBi and a half-power beamwidth of 14∘ to 18∘. The measurements carried out in an anechoic chamber show good agreement with numerical simulations. The presented prototype shows that by employing 3-D printing technologies existing antennas can be easily and inexpensively converted to switched-beam or multi-beam solutions.
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1109/LAWP.2022.3189073
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IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
no. 21,
pages 2244 - 2248,
ISSN: 1536-1225 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Bibliographic description:
- Trzebiatowski K., Kalista W., Rzymowski M., Kulas Ł., Nyka K.: Multi-Beam Antenna for Ka-Band CubeSat Connectivity Using 3-D Printed Lens and Antenna Array// IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters -Vol. 21,iss. 11 (2022), s.2244-2248
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1109/lawp.2022.3189073
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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