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Broadband slotted patch antennas with circular polarization
Author(s) -
Chen JhihMing,
Row JeenSheen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.29045
Subject(s) - broadband , microstrip antenna , patch antenna , ground plane , microwave , slot antenna , bandwidth (computing) , circular polarization , axial ratio , microstrip , acoustics , optics , engineering , physics , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , antenna (radio) , telecommunications
A design for circularly polarized (CP) patch antennas with broadband operation is described and studied. The design is based on a traditional cross slot antenna excited with a microstrip line through coupling. It is found that when the ground plane of the cross slot antenna, namely the slotted patch has a specific aspect ratio, the CP radiation with a 3‐dB‐axial‐ratio bandwidth of more than 30% can be generated. For such a slotted patch antenna, parametric analyses are performed to demonstrate how to achieve the broadband CP operation in a limited area. Simulated and measured results for the performances of the constructed prototype are also shown. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 57:1140–1143, 2015