Design of a Dual Circularly Polarized Elliptical Feed Horn for CubeSat Reflectarray Applications

A low loss dual circularly polarized feed antenna for a high gain deployable K-band reflectarray antenna on a CubeSat platform is designed. The feed consists of an elliptical horn antenna and its feed network, which will be optimized alongside with the reflectarray to match the desired performance g...

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Published in2020 50th European Microwave Conference (EuMC) pp. 452 - 455
Main Authors Bilgic, M. M., Zhou, M., Meincke, P., Ericsson, A., Jorgensen, E., Lumholt, M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published EuMA 12.01.2021
Subjects
Antenna feeds
antenna optimizations
Antenna radiation patterns
Gain
horn antenna
Horn antennas
Microwave antenna arrays
Optimization
reflectarray antennas
Reflector antennas
septum polarizer
waveguide components
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Summary:A low loss dual circularly polarized feed antenna for a high gain deployable K-band reflectarray antenna on a CubeSat platform is designed. The feed consists of an elliptical horn antenna and its feed network, which will be optimized alongside with the reflectarray to match the desired performance goals of the antenna system. The antenna system reaches a peak gain of 38.5 dBi in the 19.7-20.2 GHz band. The gain variation is less than 0.2 dB and the feed reflection coefficient is less than -23.4 dB throughout the bandwidth.
DOI:10.23919/EuMC48046.2021.9338004