A Dual-Band Dual-Circular-Polarization Antenna for Ka-Band Satellite Communications

Simon Mener, Raphaël Gillard, Langis Roy

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters · 2016 · 96 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

A novel Ka-band dual-band dual-circularly-polarized antenna array is presented in this letter. A dual-band antenna with left-hand circular polarization for the Ka-band downlink frequencies and right-hand circular polarization for the Ka-band uplink frequencies is realized with compact annular ring slots. By applying the sequential rotation technique, a 2 × 2 subarray with good performance is obtained. This letter describes the design process and presents simulation and measurement results.

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