A dual-polarized broadband antenna array for S-band is presented. This antenna is composed of 6×2 microstrip antenna elements with a hybrid feed-line network providing an isolation >=18.6 dB between the H- and V-ports. The operative bandwidth is from 3.15 to 3.25 GHz, and the peak measured gain is approximately 19 dBi. The array is suitable for spacecraft operation because of the selected materials, its low-profile (~8 mm thickness), and lightweight. It has potential applications in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), remote sensing, and wireless communications.
About Me
I am currently an Antenna Design Engineer at EADS Astrium, Stevenage, UK I design reflector C, Ku, and Ka-band satelllite antennas for broadcast and communications. I am currently participating to Solar Orbiter European Space Agency (ESA) and Eutelsat missions. 09/10 - On going Research Engineer Antennas and Electromagnetics Group Queen Mary University, London, UK o Java programming for a routing protocol designing of ad-hoc wireless sensor network for Body Area Networks (BANs) applications. o Measurements of UWB signal propagation on Body Areas o Surface-Wave antenna design and on body propagation measurement o Reconfigurable antenna designing at 2.45 and 5 GHz. o UWB transparent antenna design for BANs applications. sAntenna Design Engineer Space Centre, Surrey University, Guildford, UK 08/09 - 05/10 Antenna Design Engineer Space Centre, Surrey University, Guildford, UK o CST Design, manufacturing and testing of a S-Band Polarimetric Antenna Array for a Radar airborne demonstrator. The antenna has been designed with CST and fully characterized in the SSC anechoic chamber. o The project also included the assembly and the design of several components integrated in the Up Converter S-Module and the Front End Electronic. o Major Industry Partners Involved: EADS Astrium (Portsmouth) 02/09 - 06/09 Research Engineer Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK o Proposal developer and FDTD simulations on Terahertz sub-wavelength imaging systems. o Proposal developer focusing on the creation of novel co-operative LTE/DVB-T2 novel architectures. The proposal has been submitted to EU FP7 founding schemes. o Programming a real time DSP channel emulator with C/Assembly using Code Composer Studio IDE and C6416 DSK 06/08-09/08 RF Measurements Engineer Broadreach Systems LTD, UK o Team leader for UHF measurements and field trial test campaign of broadcasting systems for Automotive, Pedestrian and Indoor Reception 2006- 2008 RF Measurements Engineer Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK o Tests and Optimisation of Prototype Hardware via Test Bed Experiments and Developing diversity tools for Network Planning o Design of Matlab applications to collect, analyze and present measurement data o VC++ algorithm design for GP-IB cable data acquisition from a HP Spectrum Analyzer and a GPS o Design and implement analogue circuits such as UHF channel filter, LNA, antenna and mixer for DVB-T/H tests bed Field measurement campaign. o Major Industry Partners Involved: Broadreach, DLR, DTG, Siradel, TUT, TDF, Videsco, Ortikon and Dibcom.
