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Low‐profile circularly polarized planar antenna for GPS L1, L2, and L5 bands
Author(s) -
Mishra Shailesh,
Das Sushrut,
Pattnaik Shyam Sunder,
Kumar Sachin,
Kanaujia Binod Kumar
Publication year - 2020
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.32077
Subject(s) - optics , patch antenna , circular polarization , physics , ground plane , axial ratio , microstrip antenna , turnstile antenna , coaxial antenna , helical antenna , antenna (radio) , telecommunications , engineering , microstrip
In this paper, a circularly polarized (CP) planar antenna covering global positioning system (GPS) L1 (1575.42 MHz), L2 (1227.6 MHz), and L5 (1176.45 MHz) bands is presented. The antenna consists of an elliptical patch excited through the inset feed line. A pair of concentric ring slots is etched on the ground plane to achieve dual‐band response that covers L5/L2 and L1 bands. The circular polarization is achieved by integrating a quarter‐wavelength arc with the inset feed and loading a pair of slits on the elliptical patch. In addition, the quarter‐wavelength arc improves the impedance bandwidth of the lower resonant band to cover the GPS L5 band. The antenna shows right‐hand circular polarization (RHCP) in all the three bands. The antenna also satisfies the ±1 dBi gain flatness criteria of the GPS antenna. A prototype antenna is fabricated and experimental results are found in a good match with the simulated results.