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Hilbert-curve fractal antenna with radiation- pattern diversity
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Zaman, Afroz Miranda, Felix A. Nessel, James A. |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Description | A printed, folded, Hilbert-curve fractal microwave antenna has been designed and built to offer advantages of compactness and low mass, relative to other antennas designed for the same operating frequencies. The primary feature of the antenna is that it offers the advantage of radiation-pattern diversity without need for electrical or mechanical switching: it can radiate simultaneously in an end-fire pattern at a frequency of 2.3 GHz (which is in the S-band) and in a broadside pattern at a frequency of 16.8 GHz (which is in the Ku-band). This radiation-pattern diversity could be utilized, for example, in applications in which there were requirements for both S-band ground-to-ground communications and Ku-band ground-to-aircraft or ground-to-spacecraft communications. The lack of switching mechanisms or circuitry makes this antenna more reliable, easier, and less expensive to fabricate than it otherwise would be. |
| File Size | 352640 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100011096 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3wt3nk8f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2007-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Man/system Technology And Life Support Microwave Antennas Fabrication Superhigh Frequencies Ultrahigh Frequencies Antenna Design Antenna Radiation Patterns Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
