Satellite communication with moving vehicles on earth: Two prototype circular array antennas

  1. F. Ares1,
  2. G. Franceschetti2,
  3. J. Mosig3,
  4. S. Vaccaro4,
  5. J. Vassal'lo5,
  6. E. Moreno1

Article first published online: 5 AUG 2003

DOI: 10.1002/mop.11112

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Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volume 39, Issue 1, pages 14–16, 5 October 2003

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Ares, F., Franceschetti, G., Mosig, J., Vaccaro, S., Vassal'lo, J. and Moreno, E. (2003), Satellite communication with moving vehicles on earth: Two prototype circular array antennas. Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett., 39: 14–16. doi: 10.1002/mop.11112

Author Information

  1. 1

    Dpto Física Aplicada, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, Campus Universitario Sur, Santiago de Compostela, 15782 A Coruña, Spain

  2. 2

    Dept. of Electronic Engineering, University of Naples, Italy

  3. 3

    LEMA-Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

  4. 4

    JAST Sàrl, Lausanne, Switzerland

  5. 5

    CSIC, Instituto de Física Aplicada, Serrano 144, 28006 Madrid, Spain

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 5 AUG 2003
  2. Article first published online: 5 AUG 2003
  3. Manuscript Received: 19 MAR 2003

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Keywords:

  • satellite communication;
  • array antennas;
  • vehicle communications;
  • patch arrays

Abstract

The performance of two minimal prototype antennas validates a novel design concept for a vehicle-borne antenna for communications via satellite: the toroidal beam antenna implemented by a ring or rings of microstrip patches. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 39: 14–16, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.11112

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