Author: ticra

An antenna never exists alone in the world, but is always, in practice, part of a system. The general nature of the full antenna system – consisting, for example, of the antenna mounted on a satellite platform – warrants a…

Pioneering Antenna Design Since the 1970s For decades, TICRA’s software tools have supported high-accuracy RF antenna modelling across a wide range of industries, including satellite communications, scientific research, and defence applications. Since the 1970s, TICRA has developed several essential and…

Electrical characterisation of dielectrics, composite resins, ceramics, and printed structures is essential to predict the performance of future space missions. Materials are characterised in terms of reflection, transmission, and absorption. To measure these, well-known procedures and instruments exist for homogeneous…

Satellites in low orbit, as opposed to those in geostationary orbit, inherently move with respect to Earth and therefore constitute a viable way for monitoring and measuring the state of our planet. Instruments onboard these so-called LEO satellites may include…

A reflectarray antenna is a flat or curved reflector surface with printed elements on its surface. Each element is constituted by a chosen unit cell element, defined by certain parameters such as length and width of parts of the unit…