Open AccessA BROADBAND CROSSED DIPOLE ANTENNA WITH WIDE AXIAL RATIO BEAMWIDTH FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
Author(s) -
Chaoqiang Feng,
FuShun Zhang,
Fukun Sun
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
progress in electromagnetics research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 1937-6480
DOI - 10.2528/pierl18042606
Subject(s) - beamwidth , broadband , axial ratio , satellite , antenna (radio) , dipole , physics , communications satellite , telecommunications , optics , computer science , astronomy , microstrip antenna , quantum mechanics
This letter presents a broadband circularly polarized (CP) crossed dipole antenna with wide axial ratio (AR) beamwidth. The antenna consists of a crossed dipole fed by two baluns, a wideband feed network and a cylindrical metallic cavity. To broaden the beamwidth, circular arms are introduced. Meanwhile, the metallic cavity is utilized to broaden the AR beamwidth. Measurements show that the antenna has an impedance bandwidth of 70.6% (1.87–3.91 GHz) for voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) ≤ 2 and a 3-dB AR bandwidth of 62.4% (1.92–3.66 GHz). In addition, the 3-dB AR beamwidth of the antenna is larger than 100◦, and the gain varies from 4dBic to 6 dBic over the whole CP operation bandwidth. Owing to the high-gain and wideband operation, the proposed CP antenna is potentially capable for satellite applications and high-gain applications.
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