Compact LTCC Dual-Band Circularly Polarized Perturbed Hexagonal Microstrip Antenna

Author

Qian, Kewei ; Tang, Xiaohong

Author_Institution

Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

Volume

10

fYear

2011

fDate

7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1212

Lastpage

1215

Abstract

A novel dual-band circularly polarized multilayer microstrip antenna for 3.5/5.2-GHz applications is presented. A stacked-patch configuration is used for the compact dual-band antenna design, and good circular polarization (CP) performance is achieved by adjusting the size of truncated corners and inserted slits of the hexagonal patches. The antenna generates CP radiation at 3.5 and 5.18 GHz with broadside radiation patterns and very low axial ratio. The measured peak gains of the antenna are 3.8 and 5.4 dBi at the lower and upper bands, respectively. The antenna occupies a small radiating area of 19.2 × 16.6 mm².

Keywords

ceramic packaging; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; compact LTCC microstrip antenna; dual-band circularly polarized microstrip antenna; multilayer microstrip antenna; perturbed hexagonal microstrip antenna; stacked-patch configuration; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dual band; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Probes; Circular polarization (CP); dual-band; hexagonal antenna; low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2011.2173654

Filename

6061932