Microstrip Patch Antennas

Antenna Development Corporation

(AntDevCo)

Welcome to the Antenna Development Corporation website.

We keep this a very simple site so don’t expect any bells and whistles.

News:

· UHF patch antenna for spacecraft: A UHF version of our highly reliable patch antennas is now offered by AntDevCo. See the data sheet in the “More In-Depth Documents” section below.

· Antennas developed by Blevins and Greenling fly on the ST-5 spacecraft (March 22, 2006). See the story at http://spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/st5/status.html

Each of the ST-5 spacecraft has two antennas developed by AntDevCo engineers during their employment at New Mexico State University. One antenna is a miniature quadrifilar helix, the other is an “evolved” antenna developed by NASA Ames, QSS, NASA GSFC, and Blevins and Greenling. Both types of antennas are offered by AntDevCo.

ST-5 Quadrifilar Helix X-Band Antenna (prior to radome installation)

The Evolved Antenna Radiator

An exploded view of the evolved antenna

The radome, used on both antenna types.

This is just a sample of the high technology used by AntDevCo.

· Recent AntDevCo Antenna Launch – a TDRSS antenna on the Cosmic spacecraft http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/about.html

See http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbsked.htm for the launch schedule and status.

Introduction:

AntDevCo’s charter is to develop and manufacture high technology antennas for missiles, rockets, re-entry vehicles, and spacecraft. We concentrate on custom solutions for broad beamwidth, low and medium gain antennas for the space and near-space environment.

Our company has embraced the ISO philosophy from its inception. Quality is our primary concern and we strive to make continuous improvements in all of our processes and products.

Facilities:

AntDevCo operates out of an 1100 square foot office/high bay facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico. We are close to the New Mexico State University with its Physical Science Laboratory antenna test facilities, machine shops, and highly qualified professors and scientists. There are also several local machine shops in the Las Cruces area and the El Paso international airport is only 50 minutes away.

History:

AntDevCo is New Mexico Sub-Chapter S Corporation formed in June of 2005 by Dr. Bruce Blevins and Thomas Greenling. We are a spin-off from the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University. As such, AntDevCo is able to use the designs for spacecraft antennas developed by PSL. The two principals of AntDevCo have an aggregate experience of more that 40 years of antenna design, test, and manufacture. Dr. Blevins has designed antennas for experimental astrophysics receivers, radars, and many small spacecraft and missiles. Thomas Greenling began his antenna career with the repair of submarine antennas while in the Navy and has also designed numerous antennas for spacecraft and missiles. Dr. Blevins owned and operated his own company, (Tesota Products Antenna Division - TPAD) in the 90’s and started his production of antennas for small spacecraft at that time. Blevins and Greenling then worked together at the Electromagnetics group at PSL from 1997 through 2005 on many antenna programs for manufacturing and test. We have personally been the leaders in the development of the low gain antennas for the TERRIERS, HETE, THEMIS, MIGHTYSAT, ALEXIS (Blackbeard), GENESIS, STARDUST, ROADRUNNER, ST-5, and HESSI spacecrafts – to name a few. We designed the antenna for the General Dynamics Viceroy spacecraft GPS receiver – flown on many spacecraft. This PSL experience, our full commitment to continuing the quality practices developed at PSL, and the detailed design information available to us from PSL establishes AntDevCo flight heritage for our spacecraft products.

We have also been the design engineers for a number of sounding rocket, ballistic missiles, and ballistic missile target vehicle antennas as subcontractors for BMD and other programs. For example, Dr. Blevins led the PSL effort to develop and manufacture antennas for the MOD-7 wafer used in the sustaining flight tests of the Minuteman III missile. We have also designed and developed a number of antenna hats (couplers) for spacecraft and missile antenna systems.

Come to us for very competent and rapid responses to your requirements.

More In-Depth Documents:

Detailed heritage of our antennas

ADC-0601291440 Spacecraft Antenna & Hats Catalog.pdf

AntDevCo Corporate Data Sheet:

ADC-0512012131 Corporate data sheet.pdf

How to specify and order Patch Antennas

ADC-0603181506 How to order Patch Antennas.pdf

Monofilar Helix Spacecraft Low/Medium Gain Antennas

ADC-0601010841 Helix Antenna data sheet.pdf

Quadrifilar Helix Spacecraft Low Gain Antennas:

ADC-0509251050 Spacecraft Quadrifilar Helix Antenna data.pdf