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Utilization of Characteristic Modal Analysis for the Antenna Design Needed for an AFIT Satellite

Antenna design is a pervasive knowledge base for electrical engineers. As the number of new materials and techniques increase, so too do the demand and requirements pushing forth new innovative ideas to expand the capabilities antennas can achieve. Characteristic Modal Analysis (CMA), originally credited to Garbacz and Turpin [1], is a leading edge analytic technique that is one of these ideas. CMA breaks down the current distribution along a structure in a way that can offer great insights into how that structure operates as an antenna. This technique has great merits in post design analytics and can be integrated into the design process. This paper applies the techniques of CMA to create independent designs for a single antenna problem involving a AFIT Satellite. The results are three different designs that meet the requirements proving the utility of CMA in the antenna design process for this specific application.