Table 5 A comparison of the presented antenna with different UHF nanosatellite antennas.
From: Near-zero metamaterial inspired UHF antenna for nanosatellite communication system
Reference | Antenna type & Size (mm) | Operating band (MHz) | Realized gain (dB) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Liu et al.32 | Printed patch 320 × 80 × 3.17 | 427.38–437.17 | 2.12 | incompatible with 1U and 2U structure due to larger antenna size |
Kakoyiannis et al.33 | Microstrip patch 170 × 120 × 6.4 | 435–437 | 0.7 | incompatible with 1U and 2U structure due to larger antenna size |
Podilchak et al.34 | Microstrip Patch150 × 150 × 37 | 384–410 | 0.4 | incompatible with 1U and 2U structure due to larger antenna size |
Costantine et al.35 | Deployable helix Helix heigh:500 | 365 | 8 | High performance antenna but not compatible with 1U structure |
Alam et al.36 | 3D-type antenna | 398 MHz – 405 MHz | 1.18 | compatible with 1U and 2U structure but have design complexity |
Printed patch 72 × 32 × 1.575 | 418–448 | 0.55 | compatible with 1U and 2U structure but mission incomplete due to low efficiency and frequency shifting issue | |
Proposed antenna | Printed patch 80 × 45 × 1.575 | 391 MHz – 405.92 | 1.77 | compatible with 1U and 2U structure Free from deployable complexity |
