Metamaterial array based meander line planar antenna for cube satellite communication

Abstract This research article presents a design and performance analysis of a metamaterial inspired ultra-high frequency (UHF) compact planar patch antenna for the CubeSat communication system that could be smoothly integrated with commercially available 2U Cube Satellite structure and onboard subs...

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Autores principales:	Touhidul Alam, Ali F. Almutairi, Md Samsuzzaman, Mengu Cho, Mohammad Tariqul Islam
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:623ca192574f49ff95f3f167704cc2282021-12-02T18:33:58ZMetamaterial array based meander line planar antenna for cube satellite communication10.1038/s41598-021-93537-62045-2322https://doaj.org/article/623ca192574f49ff95f3f167704cc2282021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93537-6https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract This research article presents a design and performance analysis of a metamaterial inspired ultra-high frequency (UHF) compact planar patch antenna for the CubeSat communication system that could be smoothly integrated with commercially available 2U Cube Satellite structure and onboard subsystem. The proposed antenna consists of two layers, one is two different width meander line antenna patch with partial ground plane and another layer is 3 × 2 near-zero-indexed metamaterial (NZIM) metamaterial array structure with ground plane. The NZIM array layer has been utilized to minimize the coupling effect with Cube Satellite structure and improve the frequency stability with enhanced antenna gain and efficiency. The fabricated antenna can operate within the lower UHF frequency band of 443.5–455 MHz. with an average peak gain of 2.5 dB. The designed antenna impedance stability characteristic has been explored after integration with the 2U Cube Satellite body layout. Besides, the antenna communication performance has been verified using 2U Cube Satellite free space path loss investigation. Small antenna volume with trade-off between the antenna size and performance are the key advantages of the proposed design, as the antenna occupies only 80 × 40 × 3.35 mm3 space of the 2U Cube Satellite body structure and the geometrical parameters can be designed to provide the best performance between 449 and 468.5 MHz.Touhidul AlamAli F. AlmutairiMd SamsuzzamanMengu ChoMohammad Tariqul IslamNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Touhidul Alam Ali F. Almutairi Md Samsuzzaman Mengu Cho Mohammad Tariqul Islam Metamaterial array based meander line planar antenna for cube satellite communication
description	Abstract This research article presents a design and performance analysis of a metamaterial inspired ultra-high frequency (UHF) compact planar patch antenna for the CubeSat communication system that could be smoothly integrated with commercially available 2U Cube Satellite structure and onboard subsystem. The proposed antenna consists of two layers, one is two different width meander line antenna patch with partial ground plane and another layer is 3 × 2 near-zero-indexed metamaterial (NZIM) metamaterial array structure with ground plane. The NZIM array layer has been utilized to minimize the coupling effect with Cube Satellite structure and improve the frequency stability with enhanced antenna gain and efficiency. The fabricated antenna can operate within the lower UHF frequency band of 443.5–455 MHz. with an average peak gain of 2.5 dB. The designed antenna impedance stability characteristic has been explored after integration with the 2U Cube Satellite body layout. Besides, the antenna communication performance has been verified using 2U Cube Satellite free space path loss investigation. Small antenna volume with trade-off between the antenna size and performance are the key advantages of the proposed design, as the antenna occupies only 80 × 40 × 3.35 mm3 space of the 2U Cube Satellite body structure and the geometrical parameters can be designed to provide the best performance between 449 and 468.5 MHz.
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author	Touhidul Alam Ali F. Almutairi Md Samsuzzaman Mengu Cho Mohammad Tariqul Islam
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title	Metamaterial array based meander line planar antenna for cube satellite communication
title_short	Metamaterial array based meander line planar antenna for cube satellite communication
title_full	Metamaterial array based meander line planar antenna for cube satellite communication
title_fullStr	Metamaterial array based meander line planar antenna for cube satellite communication
title_full_unstemmed	Metamaterial array based meander line planar antenna for cube satellite communication
title_sort	metamaterial array based meander line planar antenna for cube satellite communication
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/623ca192574f49ff95f3f167704cc228
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Metamaterial array based meander line planar antenna for cube satellite communication

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