mmWave metamaterial inspired coaxial-fed microstrip antenna array for Femtosat

Abstract

Planar antenna array on a Femtosat is used to establish inter-satellite communication link using V-band with very high bandwidth. In this paper, the results are presented for a compact metamaterial inspired coaxial fed microstrip antenna which is designed to work at 60GHz with an impedance bandwidth of 6.5GHz. Beam steering for 7×1 array is also presented. A 7×7 planar array of the same is designed for dimensions of 3×3 cm for placement analysis on a typical femtosat model.