A Broadband Dual-Polarized Magneto-Electric Dipole Antenna Element for Low-Frequency Astronomical Arrays

Authors

  • Akila Murugesan Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam 603110, India
  • Divya Natarajan Oracle Financial Services Software Limited, Chennai 600086, India
  • S. Abishek Johnson Electric Private Limited, Chennai 600123, India
  • V Lingasamy Sterlite Technologies Limited, Gurgaon 122002, India
  • Hariharan K L & T Infotech, Navi Mumbai 400710, India
  • Krishnasamy T. Selvan Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam 603110, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2022.ACES.J.370109

Keywords:

Array, Astronomy, Broadband, Dual-polarization, Magneto-electric dipole, VHF

Abstract

This paper presents simulation-based design and analysis of a broadband dual-polarized magneto-electric dipole antenna element that can be used to construct VHF astronomical antenna arrays. The antenna consists of two pairs of radiating structures, each fed by a Γ-shaped feeding section. The feeding section and radiating parts are physically disconnected from each other. The antenna is evaluated by simulation, and its −10 dB impedance matching bandwidth ranges from 115 to 340 MHz. The maximum gain of the antenna is about 8 dB over the operating range. Isolation of about 20 dB is observed between the two input ports.

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Author Biographies

Akila Murugesan, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam 603110, India

M. Akila is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, India.

Her current research interests include metasurfaces for RCS reduction and shared aperture phased array antennas.

Divya Natarajan, Oracle Financial Services Software Limited, Chennai 600086, India

Divya N. graduated from Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, India.

She is currently with Oracle Financial Services Software Limited, Chennai, India.

S. Abishek, Johnson Electric Private Limited, Chennai 600123, India

S. Abishek graduated from Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, India.

He is currently associated with Johnson Electric Private Limited, Chennai, India.

V Lingasamy, Sterlite Technologies Limited, Gurgaon 122002, India

V. Lingasamy is currently working as a Senior Technical Lead with Sterlite Technologies Limited on LTE/5G radio unit and massive MIMO development.

Hariharan K, L & T Infotech, Navi Mumbai 400710, India

Hariharan K. graduated from Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam,India.

He is currently with L & T Infotech, Navi Mumbai, India.

Krishnasamy T. Selvan, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam 603110, India

Krishnasamy T. Selvan was with SAMEER – Centre for Electromagnetics, Chennai, India, a government of India’s microwave research institution, from 1988 to 2005. From early 2005 to mid-2012, he was with the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Malaysia. Since then, he has been a Professor with the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, India.

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Published

2022-01-31

How to Cite

[1]
A. . Murugesan, D. . Natarajan, S. Abishek, V. . Lingasamy, H. . K, and K. T. . Selvan, “A Broadband Dual-Polarized Magneto-Electric Dipole Antenna Element for Low-Frequency Astronomical Arrays”, ACES Journal, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 78–84, Jan. 2022.

Issue

2022: Vol 37 Iss 1

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General Submission