Sandwiched Metasurface Antenna for Small Spacecrafts in IoT Infrastructure

Boutaina Benhmimou, Niamat Hussain, Nancy Gupta, Rachid Ahl Laamara, Sandeep Kumar Arora*, Josep M. Guerrero, Mohamed El Bakkali

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Abstract

In this study, low-profile probe-excited crossed antenna with sandwiched metasurface is proposed for very small and ultra-small spacecrafts at X-band. The designed metasurface antenna is lightweight, low cost, and occupies physical size suitable for very small/ultra-small spacecrafts. The main targets of this study are the use of an optimized sandwiched metasurface for increasing return loss and peak gain of proposed antenna at X-band. Moreover, the sandwiched metasurface is used for minimizing levels of generated back lobes and so interferences with electronic components inside the spacecraft box. The constructed sandwiched metasurface antenna, therefore, achieves a bandwidth of about 350 MHz and increases the antenna total gain by about 1.10 dBi at X-band despite its very small size. These results are in general very suitable for very small and ultra-small spacecrafts communications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationData analytics for Internet of Things infrastructure
EditorsRohit Sharma, Gwanggil Jeon, Yan Zhang
Number of pages11
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media
Publication date2023
Pages117-127
ISBN (Print)9783031338076
ISBN (Electronic)9783031338083
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
SeriesInternet of Things
VolumePart F1443
ISSN2199-1073

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Keywords

  • Indian KalamSat
  • Sandwiched metasurface
  • Transparent antennas
  • Very small/ultra-small spacecrafts

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