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Anteral Academy 12: Antenna design challenges for extreme environments

Thanks to the development and research behind Anteral’s designs and materials, we have been able to ship products all over the world, both at home and abroad.

Where have we placed our antennas?

Outside Earth:

-On launchers

-On satellites

-On cubesats and smallsats

On Earth

-Dual Polarized antennas for transmitting and receiving information from satellites

-S, X, DBS and Ka-band antennas.

-Dozens of products that you can find on our website: https://anteral.com/products/

But what needs to be taken into account for everything to work 100%?

Thousands of aspects have to be assessed, but today we are going to focus on the fate of these antennas. Where will they be located? And, therefore, what can affect them?

-Space: pressure, vibration, extreme temperatures, cosmic radiation, lack of maintenance…

-Industrial environments and cities: electromagnetic interference, extreme temperatures, vibrations…

-Polar regions and deserts: extreme cold or heat, low humidity, wind and sand impact.

All these factors, when considering the design, force us to establish a strategy:

  • Selection of materials:

-Use of resistant materials in space applications.

-Materials with high thermal stability for extreme heat areas.

  • Miniaturisation and efficiency:

-Compact antenna design for CubeSats and SmallSats.

-Optimisation of power consumption in remote areas.

  • Protection and encapsulation:

-Resistant coatings and casings.

-Heat dissipation methods in space and industry.

  • Testing and certification:

-Testing in anechoic and thermal vacuum chambers plus interference and vibration simulation.

That is why investment in R&D is important. Having the technological capability to meet such challenges makes it possible for us to access customers and projects with increasingly specific and special needs.

As a result, antenna design adaptation will continue to play a key role in the future of telecommunications.

 

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