Abstract
Conference Title: 2017 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (ICEEI) Conference Start Date: 2017, Nov. 25 Conference End Date: 2017, Nov. 27 Conference Location: Langkawi, Malaysia In this paper, an S-band three-dimensional antenna for small satellite application has been presented. Folding the radiating element, use of shorting wall and ground reflector etc. different optimization techniques have been obtained to achieve a desirable performance from the antenna. Finally, the proposed antenna successfully obtained operating bands at 2–2.27 GHz and 2.53–3.58 GHz. The peak gain of the antenna is up to 4dB. The simple design structure make the antenna easily fabricable for mass production from a single copper sheet using stamping metal sheet method or 3D printing technology. The design and analysis of the antenna have been performed using electromagnetic simulation software. S band operation, directional radiation property, up to 4dB realized gain over the operating frequency make the antenna a candidate to be applied for communication system in small satellites.