Two designs for both a duel-feed single-band circularly polarized patch antenna at 437 MHz and a single-feel linearly polarized patch antenna at 146 MHz were researched. These antennas were to be mounted on a metal platform or nanosatellite. The software chosen to simulate the antennas was ANSOFT HFSS v.9.0. This software allows accurate simulations to optimize the antenna beamwidth, the return loss and the axial ratio. From the simulations, the parameters and physical attributes of the antennas such as patch size, feed location, and antenna shape were ascertained. As a result of the simulations, the antenna designs were physically assembled and tested with WPI's network analyzer and equipment utilized at Hanscom Air Force Base at Ipswich. All data collected from the antennas has been used in Powdered Metallurgical And Navigational Satellite (PANSAT).

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Gendron, Craig D.
• Abramson, Michael Todd.
• Kashef, Bahman E.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 05C021M

Advisor

• Makarov, Sergey N.

Year

• 2005

Date created

• 2005-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright