Title :
Circularly polarised aperture coupled microstrip antenna
Author :
Duffy, S.M. ; Pozar, D.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA
fDate :
8/3/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The orthogonal mode of an aperture coupled rectangular microstrip antenna can be coupled to the aperture-excited mode with coplanar microstrip lines to provide a compact circularly polarised element with a single aperture feed. An equivalent circuit model was developed for the analysis and design of this element, and a working version was used to demonstrate the concept. The features of this antenna are compared with several other circularly polarised microstrip antennas
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; electromagnetic wave polarisation; equivalent circuits; microstrip antennas; aperture coupled microstrip antenna; aperture-excited mode; compact circularly polarised element; coplanar microstrip lines; equivalent circuit model; orthogonal mode; rectangular microstrip; single aperture feed;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950937
