Reconfigurable antenna systems for space observation

This thesis focuses on the design of ultrawideband reconfigurable antennas. The objective of this study is to integrate all the antennas of observation on satellites into a single radiating panel and make it reconfigurable. Works presented in this document are focused on the design of spiral antennas and on their possible improvements. Thereby, a new topology of square spiral antenna reconfigurable into an array of four smaller square spiral antennas is shown. This reconfiguration allows increasing the surface efficiency of the structure while offering new possibilities of utilization to the antenna and improving its performance. Characteristics and performance of both configurations in frozen states are presented. Breadboards and measurements are also presented in order to validate the functioning of the antenna. Then, several improvements of this structure are studied and a possible application. Finally, a solution for improving the functioning of spiral antennas printed over a metallic ground plane is presented. This solution permits to remove a null of radiation when the distance between the antenna and the ground plane is a multiple of the half wavelength. In this way, its bandwidth can be doubled without losing the half of the energy like with absorbers. This technique consists in adding a parasitic radiating element over the antenna. This element is fed by coupling to the spiral antenna and radiates at the frequency of the null of radiation. This element is narrowband, so antenna performance remains unchanged at the other frequencies of the bandwidth. A structure using this concept has been made in order to validate its functioning.

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Source https://theses.hal.science/tel-00935319
Author Callec, Vincent
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 7, 2026, 06:24 (UTC)
Created May 7, 2026, 06:24 (UTC)
Identifier NNT: 2013ISAR0026
Language fr
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contributor Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique (IETR) ; Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes) ; Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Callec, Vincent
date 2013-11-06T00:00:00
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