Open AccessCompact and single‐feed circularly polarised microstrip antenna with wide beamwidth and axial‐ratio beamwidth
Author(s) -
He Shouyin,
Deng Jiahao
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2017.1030
Subject(s) - beamwidth , fan beam antenna , radiation pattern , optics , axial ratio , physics , antenna (radio) , microstrip antenna , radiation , microstrip , patch antenna , materials science , antenna efficiency , telecommunications , circular polarization , engineering
A novel method to realise a single‐feed circularly polarised (CP) microstrip antenna with wide beamwidth and axial‐ratio (AR) beamwidth is investigated. Two diagonal metal walls are put at the diagonal sides of the microstrip antenna. The diagonal metal walls can excite the orthogonal radiation fields with the same amplitude and 90° phase difference on the radiating patch for CP with wide beamwidth and AR beamwidth. Some parameters which effect on the performances of the antenna are studied. The simulated and measured results of the reflection coefficients, radiation patterns and AR radiation patterns are presented. The 3‐dB beamwidths of the right‐hand CP (RHCP) radiation patterns in the xoz ‐plane and the yoz ‐plane are 105° and 157°, respectively. The 3‐dB AR beamwidths of the RHCP radiation patterns in the xoz ‐plane and yoz ‐plane are 100° and 155°, respectively. Good CP characteristics of the new structure antenna have been obtained in the whole operating frequency band.