Freight container side-mounted antenna
AssigneeArrowspot Systems Ltd.
InventorHeylal Mashaal
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Abstract
An antenna is provided for satellite communication configured to be mounted in horizontal corrugated recesses of freight container doors. The antenna case has a front side whose vertical dimension is less than or equal to a front recess gap size of 14.5 cm, tapering to a back side vertical dimension of less than or equal to a back recess length of 7 cm, and a case depth of less than or equal to a recess depth of 3.3 cm. The antenna includes a patch layer and a transmission line layer, wherein the patch layer comprises a 2×2 patch layout, giving antenna gain greater than 0 dBi for 0 to 60 degrees above the horizon.
Claims12
An antenna device for satellite communications configured to be mounted on freight container doors, the antenna device comprising:
- a case, mountable horizontally to a container side;
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- one or more printed circuit board (PCB) layers set in the case, comprising a patch layer and a transmission line layer, wherein the patch layer comprises a 2×2 patch layout, and wherein striplines of the transmission line layer are configured to set an upward beam steering direction, with circular polarization of transmission, giving an antenna gain greater than 0 dBi for 0 to 60 degrees above the horizon, in an uplink range of at least 1525-1559 MHz, and in a downlink range of at least 1626-1661 MHz.
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