High Gain Patch Antenna Array with Parasitic Elements for CubeSat Applications

Authors

Mohamed El Bakkali, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University
Gurjot Gaba, Lovely Professional University
Faisel Tubbal, University of Wollongong, Western Sydney University, Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space ScienceFollow
Najiba El Amrani El Idrissi, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

RIS ID

137895

Publication Details

M. El Bakkali, G. Singh. Gaba, F. Em. Tubbal & N. El Amrani. El Idrissi, "High Gain Patch Antenna Array with Parasitic Elements for CubeSat Applications," in IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propogation (InCAP), 2018, pp. 1-5.

Abstract

In this paper we present a high gain multiband patch antenna array (PAA) for 3U and 6U CubeSats. The parasitic elements (PEs) are incorporated to enhance the antenna total gain and to achieving good impedance matching. We have simulated the proposed antenna in the High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS). Our results show that the proposed antenna achieves a high gain of 11.31 dB (> 6 dB) at 8.15 GHz, small reflection coefficient (S11) of −40 dB and −32 dB at operating frequencies 8.15 GHz (X-band) and 13.01 GHz (Ku-band) respectively.