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S-Band Stepped Septum Polarizer Design and Analysis

Year 2021, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 145 - 156, 01.03.2021
https://doi.org/10.21597/jist.775132

Abstract

The idea of using waveguides and their initial designs date back to the second half of the nineteenth century. Furthermore, after foundation of the radar technology was laid during the Second World War, waveguides and the RF/Microwave components designed on this transmission line became indispensable for the wireless communication technologies. Today, it is frequently encountered particularly in RF/Microwave systems that require high power. In addition, circularly polarized aperture antennas and their feeding components constitute an important place especially in the satellite communication system. These structures are commonly needed in applications of using polarization diversity to increase data rate, reducing polarization loss in mobile communication systems, etc. In particular, the polarizing structures of the antennas fed with the waveguides are used to emit or receive electromagnetic waves with circular polarization. These structures can be placed around the antenna or can be at the input of the antenna within waveguide. One of these is the septum polarizer. Since the septum polarizer is located inside the waveguide, it is less affected by external effects and also provides an advantage due to its low volume and lightness. In this study, analysis and design of a four-step septum polarizer to be used in circularly polarized antenna feeds of S-Band satellite communication systems/ground-stations has been performed and then a commercially available electromagnetic solver has been utilized to simulate this waveguide structure. In line with the determined optimization objects, the design has been improved in terms of return loss, port isolation and axial ratio values. The results are presented as input reflection loss, port isolation, axial ratio and radiation pattern. Based on these results, four-step septum polarizer can be used at antenna inputs to provide circular polarization, especially in S-Band satellite communication.

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  • Akan V, 2020. Design of polyrod antenna having isoflux radiation characteristic for satellite communication systems. International Advanced Researches and Engineering Journal, 4 (3): 226 - 232.
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  • Akan V, Yazgan E, 2010. Analysis and Design of Circularly Polarized and Frequency Tunable Microstrip Antenna having Conical Radiation Pattern Characteristic. 32nd ESA Antenna Workshop on Antennas for Space Applications 2010, European Space & Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, Netherlands, October 05-08 2010, pp:185-188.
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  • Mrnka M, Pavlovic M, Raida Z, 2016. Antenna Range Illuminator Based on a Septum Polarizer and a Dual-Mode Horn. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 58(4): 82-86.
  • Schrank H, 1982. Polarization Measurements using the Septum Polarizer. 1982 Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, USA, May 24-28 1982.
  • Shu C, Wang J, Hu S, Yao Y, Yu J, Alfadhl Y, Chen X, 2019. A Wideband Dual-Circular-Polarization Horn Antenna for mm Wave Wireless Communications. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 18(9): 1726-1730.
  • Wang SW, Chien CH, Wang CL, Wu RB, 2004. A circular polarizer designed with a dielectric septum loading. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 52(7):1719-1723.
  • Wang X, Huang X, Jin X, 2016. Novel square/rectangle waveguide septum polarizer. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband (ICUWB), Nanjing, China, October 16-19 2016, pp. 1-4.

S-Bant Adımlı Septum Kutuplaştırıcı Tasarımı ve Analizi

Year 2021, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 145 - 156, 01.03.2021
https://doi.org/10.21597/jist.775132

Abstract

Dalga kılavuzlarının kullanılma fikri ve ilk tasarımları on dokuzuncu yüzyılın ikinci yarısına kadar uzanmaktadır. Ayrıca İkinci Dünya Savaşı’nda özellikle radar teknolojisinin temellerinin atılmasıyla dalga kılavuzları ve bu iletim hatları üzerinde tasarlanarak üretilen RF/Mikrodalga bileşenler kablosuz haberleşme teknolojilerinin vazgeçilmez yapılarından birisi olmuştur. Günümüzde de özellikle yüksek güç ihtiyacı olan RF/Mikrodalga sistemlerde sıklıkla görev almaktadırlar. Ayrıca dairesel kutuplanmalı açıklık antenler ve bu antenlerin besleme bileşenleri özellikle uydu haberleşmesinde önemli bir yer teşkil etmektedir. Mobil haberleşme sistemlerinde kutuplanma kaybının azaltılması, veri hızının artırılması için kutuplanma çeşitliğinin kullanılması vb. uygulamalarda bu yapılara ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. Özellikle dalga kılavuzu ile beslenen antenlerin dairesel kutuplanmalı elektromanyetik dalga yayması ya da alması için kutuplaştırıcı yapıları kullanılmaktadır. Bu yapılar antenin çevresine yerleştirilen özellikte olabileceği gibi anten girişinde ve dalga kılavuzu içinde de olabilmektedir. Bunlardan birisi de septum kutuplaştırıcıdır. Septum yapısı dalga kılavuzunun içinde yer aldığı için dış etkilere daha az maruz kalmakta ayrıca az hacimli ve hafifliği dolayısıyla da kullanım ve uygulama kolaylığı sağlamaktadır. Bu çalışmada hem uzay kesimi hem de yer kesimi S-Bant uydu haberleşme sistemlerinde dairesel kutuplanmalı anten beslemelerinde kullanılmak üzere dört adımlı septum kutuplaştırıcının analiz ve tasarımı gerçekleştirilerek ticari bir elektromanyetik çözümleyicide benzetimleri yapılmıştır. Belirlenen yalıtım hedefleri doğrultusunda tasarım geri dönüş kaybı, port yalıtımı ve eksenel oran değerleri bakımından iyileştirilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar da belirtilen geri dönüş kaybı, port yalıtımı, eksenel oran ve ışıma örüntüsü olarak sunulmuştur. Bu sonuçlara göre tasarımı gerçekleştirilen dört adımlı septum kutuplaştırıcı yapısı özellikle S-Bant uydu haberleşme sistemlerinde dairesel kutuplanma elde etmek için anten girişlerinde kullanılabilir.

References

  • Akan V, 2015. Electrically small printed antenna for applications on CubeSat and Nano‐satellite platforms. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 57 (4): 891–896.
  • Akan V, 2020. Design of polyrod antenna having isoflux radiation characteristic for satellite communication systems. International Advanced Researches and Engineering Journal, 4 (3): 226 - 232.
  • Akan V, Dudak C, 2014. Antenna subsystem of GAMALINK platform. 6th European CubeSat Symposium, Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland, October 14-16, 2014, pp:85-89.
  • Akan V, Köse S, Öztürk F 2017. Technical Report for Research Project: YADAS, 7I150800-MASG-RPR-2017007-01 funded by TUBITAK Space Technology Research Institute, Ankara, Turkey (in Turkish).
  • Akan V, Yazgan E, 2020. Antennas for Space Applications: A Review. Book chapter in Advanced Radio Frequency Antennas for Modern Communication and Medical Systems (Ed. A. Saban), 2020, UK: IntechOpen, pp. 139-171.
  • Akan V, Yazgan E, 2010. Analysis and Design of Circularly Polarized and Frequency Tunable Microstrip Antenna having Conical Radiation Pattern Characteristic. 32nd ESA Antenna Workshop on Antennas for Space Applications 2010, European Space & Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, Netherlands, October 05-08 2010, pp:185-188.
  • Balanis CA, 2005. Antenna Theory Analysis and Design. Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, pp.156-165.
  • Imbriale WA, Gao S, Boccia L, 2012. Space Antenna Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. USA, pp.205-211.
  • Chen M, Tsandoulas G, 1973. A wide-band square-waveguide array polarizer. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 21(3): 389-391.
  • Chio TH, Huang GL, Zhou SH, Lim WY, 2016. A 3D-printed compact dual-circularly polarized corrugated horn with integrated septum polarizer. 2016 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), Okinawa, Japan, October 24-28 2016, pp.272-273.
  • Davis D, Digiondomenico O, Kempic J, 1967. A New Type of Circularly Polarized Antenna Element. 1967 Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, October 17-19 1967.
  • Deutschmann B, Jacob AF, 2020. Broadband Septum Polarizer with Triangular Common Port. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 68(2): 693-700.
  • Elgered G, Kildal PS, Flodin J, Hansson B, Pettersson L, Rafaelli S, Rubinos-Lopez JO, Tengs A, 1997. A dual frequency feed system for the 20 m radio telescope at the Onsala Space Observatory. Nordic Antenna Conference Antenna-97, Proceedings of the Nordisk Antenna Symposium Goteborg, May 27-29, p: 279- 287.
  • Elgered G, Haas R, Pettersson L, 1999. The IVS Technical Development Center at the Onsala Space Observatory. Vandenberg, N.R. (Ed.), International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry 1999 Annual Report, NASA / TP _ 1999 – 2092431999, GreenBelt, USA, pp:272-275.
  • Kim I, Rahmat-Samii Y, 2011. Revisiting stepped septum circular polarizer using full-wave simulations. 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), Spokane, WA, USA, July 3-8 2011, pp.919-921.
  • Kim J, Yoon S, Jung E, Lee JW, Lee TK, Lee WK, 2011. Triangular-shaped stepped septum polarizer for satellite communication. 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), Spokane, WA, USA, July 3-8 2011, pp.854-857.
  • Mrnka M, Pavlovic M, Raida Z, 2016. Antenna Range Illuminator Based on a Septum Polarizer and a Dual-Mode Horn. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 58(4): 82-86.
  • Schrank H, 1982. Polarization Measurements using the Septum Polarizer. 1982 Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, USA, May 24-28 1982.
  • Shu C, Wang J, Hu S, Yao Y, Yu J, Alfadhl Y, Chen X, 2019. A Wideband Dual-Circular-Polarization Horn Antenna for mm Wave Wireless Communications. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 18(9): 1726-1730.
  • Wang SW, Chien CH, Wang CL, Wu RB, 2004. A circular polarizer designed with a dielectric septum loading. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 52(7):1719-1723.
  • Wang X, Huang X, Jin X, 2016. Novel square/rectangle waveguide septum polarizer. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband (ICUWB), Nanjing, China, October 16-19 2016, pp. 1-4.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Electrical Engineering
Journal Section Elektrik Elektronik Mühendisliği / Electrical Electronic Engineering
Authors

Volkan Akan 0000-0001-7774-8752

Publication Date March 1, 2021
Submission Date July 28, 2020
Acceptance Date October 12, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2021 Volume: 11 Issue: 1

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APA Akan, V. (2021). S-Bant Adımlı Septum Kutuplaştırıcı Tasarımı ve Analizi. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, 11(1), 145-156. https://doi.org/10.21597/jist.775132
AMA Akan V. S-Bant Adımlı Septum Kutuplaştırıcı Tasarımı ve Analizi. J. Inst. Sci. and Tech. March 2021;11(1):145-156. doi:10.21597/jist.775132
Chicago Akan, Volkan. “S-Bant Adımlı Septum Kutuplaştırıcı Tasarımı Ve Analizi”. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology 11, no. 1 (March 2021): 145-56. https://doi.org/10.21597/jist.775132.
EndNote Akan V (March 1, 2021) S-Bant Adımlı Septum Kutuplaştırıcı Tasarımı ve Analizi. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology 11 1 145–156.
IEEE V. Akan, “S-Bant Adımlı Septum Kutuplaştırıcı Tasarımı ve Analizi”, J. Inst. Sci. and Tech., vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 145–156, 2021, doi: 10.21597/jist.775132.
ISNAD Akan, Volkan. “S-Bant Adımlı Septum Kutuplaştırıcı Tasarımı Ve Analizi”. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology 11/1 (March 2021), 145-156. https://doi.org/10.21597/jist.775132.
JAMA Akan V. S-Bant Adımlı Septum Kutuplaştırıcı Tasarımı ve Analizi. J. Inst. Sci. and Tech. 2021;11:145–156.
MLA Akan, Volkan. “S-Bant Adımlı Septum Kutuplaştırıcı Tasarımı Ve Analizi”. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, vol. 11, no. 1, 2021, pp. 145-56, doi:10.21597/jist.775132.
Vancouver Akan V. S-Bant Adımlı Septum Kutuplaştırıcı Tasarımı ve Analizi. J. Inst. Sci. and Tech. 2021;11(1):145-56.