{"title":"Gain enhancement of telemetry antenna using metamaterial","authors":"B. Deepa, D. Krishna, D. Jahagirdar, K. S. Rao","doi":"10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402634","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design of a meta-material lens over a patch antenna using omega shaped resonators for S-Band. Meta-material cover which acts as a lens will focus the electromagnetic field in the desired manner to enhance the Gain and impedance band width. Omega structures are complex structures which couple a rod and ring geometry to generate negative permittivity and permeability. The design approach of the meta-material and the retrieval method of negative refractive index from the scattering parameters are analyzed. Meta-material lens and the antenna are fabricated and the antenna parameters are analysed. Use of meta-material to enhance Gain helps to build planar low profile, light weight antennas in place of bulky dish based telemetry antennas.","PeriodicalId":396210,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM)","volume":"265 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123447534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Ameen, Rajkishor Kumar, N. Mishra, R. Chaudhary
{"title":"A compact triple band dual polarized metamaterial antenna loaded with double hexagonal SRR for WLAN/WiMAX applications","authors":"M. Ameen, Rajkishor Kumar, N. Mishra, R. Chaudhary","doi":"10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402518","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design of a CPW-Fed circularly polarized metamaterial (MTM) antenna using short ended configuration. The proposed antenna consists of a Composite Right/Left Handed (CRLH) Transmission Line (TL) unit cell and double hexagonal split ring resonator (SRR). The antenna offers compact size with overall dimensions of 0.17 λ0 x 0.24 λ0 x 0.013 λ0. The antenna shows triple band characteristics with the first band centered at 2.61 GHz, second band centered at 4.12 GHz and third band centered at 6.24 GHz with an impedance bandwidth of 6.54%, 6.61% and 34.20% respectively. The proposed antenna shows circular polarization in the first band and linear polarization in other two bands. The antenna shows peak gain of 2.4 dBi, 3.38 dBi and 4.26 dBi for the three bands respectively.","PeriodicalId":396210,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM)","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132809465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low RCS microstrip patch array: EM design and performance analysis","authors":"Amrithaa Seshadri, Phalguni Mathur, Hema Singh","doi":"10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402619","url":null,"abstract":"In low observable technology, antennas with low radar cross section (RCS) but with high gain are preferred. In this paper, a low RCS microstrip patch array is designed using the concept of phase cancellation. The patch elements are rotated sequentially or randomly keeping the feed fixed. This geometric arrangement of patch elements reduces the scattering effectively. The gain and the RCS of randomly rotated (RR) microstrip patch array is analyzed in comparison with a uniform array with no element rotation (NR) and sequentially rotated (SR) patch elements. It is shown that the RCS of the RR array is reduced significantly without any adverse effect on its radiation performance.","PeriodicalId":396210,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115992081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yashika Sharma, D. Sarkar, K. Saurav, K. V. Srivastava
{"title":"Differential quasi self-complimentary (QSC) ultra-wideband (UWB) MIMO antenna","authors":"Yashika Sharma, D. Sarkar, K. Saurav, K. V. Srivastava","doi":"10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402594","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a differentially excited ultra-wideband (UWB) MIMO antenna is designed for pattern diversity applications, utilizing quasi self-complimentary (QSC) antenna elements. Four QSC elements are realized using half- octagon shaped monopoles, and their complementary cuts from the ground plane. Due to the QSC property, wide impedance bandwidth covering the UWB frequency range of 3–11 GHz is achieved within very less antenna footprint. The QSC elements are placed symmetrically about the four edges of a square substrate. Two oppositely positioned elements are fed with 180o phase difference, in order to form a single differential pair. Two such differential pairs are placed perpendicular to each other for realizing pattern diversity performance with high value of differential isolation.","PeriodicalId":396210,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM)","volume":"205 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131785983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sasikanta Kumar, P. K. Mishra, S. K. Bandlamudi, M. Haindavi, R. Renuka, S. Kumar, V. Hariharan
{"title":"Experimental and parametric studies on ultra wide-band and low X-pol helical antenna","authors":"Sasikanta Kumar, P. K. Mishra, S. K. Bandlamudi, M. Haindavi, R. Renuka, S. Kumar, V. Hariharan","doi":"10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402521","url":null,"abstract":"An innovative design of Ultra Wide-band (over 55% fractional bandwidth) and Low X-pol (Axial Ratio (AR) ≤1dB) helical antenna is presented in this paper. Presented design is generic in nature and can be implemented in any frequency band. We have demonstrated the same in S-band (2.1-3.7 GHz) to meet our internal application. The effect of spacing between turns, number of turns and pitch angle of helical conductor over axial ratio is investigated and presented here. Peripheral feeding technique is used in the design and the off-axis AR within ±100 from the bore sight is ≤ 1 dB over the band. An ultra wide band impedance match between helical conductor and 50 ohm coaxial feed line is achieved by introducing a matching section in between. The matching section presented here is novel, since it is an integral part of the helical conductor section and thus made out of same conductor wire. A minimum of −10dB input reflection coefficient (S11) over the desired band 2.1 GHz to 3.7 GHz is achieved. Further, near band center (2.9 GHz) demonstrated S11 is better than -30 dB using this method. Details of design, modeling in CST (Computer Simulation Technique), and fabrication of the antenna along with the comparison of simulated and measured parameters are presented. An excellent match is observed between simulated and measured results.","PeriodicalId":396210,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132104417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compact microstrip patch array using High-Impedance Surface (HIS) based substrate towards improved directivity","authors":"Maumita Dutta, Hema Singh, R. Manohar","doi":"10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402613","url":null,"abstract":"Recent aerospace applications demand a high performance, low-profile antenna array with a low sidelobe level (SLL) and optimum beamwidth. In this paper, a compact planar microstrip patch array has been designed with low SLL and high gain. The dimensions of the patch antenna are tapered to achieve the desired low SLL lower than -35 dB. The results for compact patch array with series corporate feed are also presented. The simulated results are validated against the measured ones. Further, in order to improve the performance of the array, the substrate is replaced with High Impedance Surface (HIS)-based hybrid substrate. This facilitates achieving better array performance in terms of reflection loss and directivity.","PeriodicalId":396210,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133061158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Graphene loaded frequency reconfigurable metal antenna","authors":"Sasmita Dash, Amaledu Patnaik","doi":"10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402579","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we present the impact of graphene layer in conventional copper antenna from microwave to terahertz (THz) by numerical simulations. The use of graphene sheet below the metal radiator as parasitic layer in metal antenna can make easier to tune the resonance frequency using electric field effect via DC bias voltage. The graphene has a variable conductivity, which can be increased with the increases of chemical potential by the application of external DC voltage. However, graphene has moderate conductivity with poor tunability in the microwave frequency range and excellent conductivity with good tunability in the THz frequency range. Due to poor tunability conductivity effect of graphene in microwave frequencies, there is no more frequency reconfiguration of microwave copper antenna with variation of graphene chemical potential. THz copper antenna enables frequency reconfiguration with variation of graphene chemical potential, because of good tunability conductivity effect of graphene in THz frequencies.","PeriodicalId":396210,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130531935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High gain circularly polarized resonance cavity antenna at X-band","authors":"G. Ganaraj, C. Kumar, V. S. Kumar, Shankaraiah","doi":"10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402554","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a high gain and circularly polarized (CP) resonance cavity antenna (RCA) is proposed at X-band. An aperture coupled microstrip antenna (ACMA) is used as the basic antenna and a frequency selective surface, consisting of an array of circular patches is used as superstrate. The proposed RCA provides a gain enhancement upto 12 dB compared to the microstip patch at 8.2 GHz. A detailed design of the RCA is explained in this paper. Final gain of the antenna is 20.5 dBic, and axial ratio band width (AR < 3dB) of 200 MHz. This high gain CP antenna can be used for payload data transmission system of remote sensing satellites at X-band.","PeriodicalId":396210,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121734766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Kumar, B. S. Reddy, B. P. Kumar, V. S. Kumar, V. V. Srinivasan
{"title":"Novel high gain dual band single aperture array with large cross-polarized isolation at Ku-band for the TT&C system of a geostationary satellite","authors":"C. Kumar, B. S. Reddy, B. P. Kumar, V. S. Kumar, V. V. Srinivasan","doi":"10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402616","url":null,"abstract":"High Efficiency design of an array with a dual band patch using orthogonal modes is presented in the paper. TM01 and TM10 modes of a rectangular patch are used for dual band operation. Though the frequencies are far apart like 11.4 GHz for the downlink link and 13.2 GHz for the uplink, this configuration effectively keep the design narrow band resulting in design simplicity. It also provides very good cross-polarized (XP) isolation which is measured to be more than 33 dB. This enables frequency reuse using polarization diversity and allows dual band operation from a single aperture. The size of the array is 320 mm × 640 mm and provides about 31.1 dBi gain at downlink and 30.6 dBi gain at uplink band. A modular design approach is also presented that can be quickly adopted for an array of different size. The array has been used for the telemetry tracking and command (TT&C) operations of a geostationary satellite after it reaches the orbital slot and is stabilized.","PeriodicalId":396210,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122058146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ashutosh Srivastava, R. Chaudhary, A. Biswas, M. Akhtar
{"title":"Dual-band C-shaped circular slot SIW antenna","authors":"Ashutosh Srivastava, R. Chaudhary, A. Biswas, M. Akhtar","doi":"10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IAIM.2017.8402632","url":null,"abstract":"Dual-band C-shaped circular slot substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) antennas are proposed in this paper. The C-shaped structure is constructed using slot region oriented along the longitudinal as well as the transversal directions to feed line. A C-shaped circular slot SIW antenna is designed and fabricated to achieve larger bandwidth, higher gain and low cross polarization level. The designed C-shaped circular slot SIW antenna produces dual band measured response in the frequency range of 11.05 GHz to 11.30 GHz and 12.80 GHz to 13.30 GHz, with the center frequencies of 11.19 GHz, and 13.06 GHz, respectively. At these center frequencies measured gain is 8.81 dBi and 8.70 dBi, respectively.","PeriodicalId":396210,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM)","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127127402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}