TY - GEN
T1 - Adaptive ultra-lightweight patch antenna using Shape Memory Polymer
AU - Torisaka, A.
AU - Bilen, S.
AU - Ashok, N.
AU - Yao, Y.
AU - Ning, X.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by A.Torisaka, S.Bilen, N.Ashok, Y.Yao, X.Ning. Published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - An adaptive deployable patch antenna with a shape recovery function is proposed in this research. In the previous paper, it was shown that materials with high tangent dielectric, which were considered unsuitable for antennas, can be used in antenna substrates that have undergone significant mass reduction using topology optimization. Therefore, in this research, we adopted a shape memory polymer, which is a polyurethane material that is also known unsuitable as an antenna substrate material, and showed its utility value as an adaptive deployable patch antenna with a shape recovery function. In addition, we investigate how the antenna characteristics are affected by the mass reduction rate of the substrate, and report the changes in the resonance frequency, antenna gain, and antenna pattern.
AB - An adaptive deployable patch antenna with a shape recovery function is proposed in this research. In the previous paper, it was shown that materials with high tangent dielectric, which were considered unsuitable for antennas, can be used in antenna substrates that have undergone significant mass reduction using topology optimization. Therefore, in this research, we adopted a shape memory polymer, which is a polyurethane material that is also known unsuitable as an antenna substrate material, and showed its utility value as an adaptive deployable patch antenna with a shape recovery function. In addition, we investigate how the antenna characteristics are affected by the mass reduction rate of the substrate, and report the changes in the resonance frequency, antenna gain, and antenna pattern.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2024-0187
DO - 10.2514/6.2024-0187
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85192183370
SN - 9781624107115
T3 - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
BT - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
Y2 - 8 January 2024 through 12 January 2024
ER -