Title :
Dual-band circularly-polarised antenna based on complementary two turns spiral resonator
Author :
Zhou, Liang ; Liu, Siyuan ; Wei, Y. ; Chen, Yuanfeng ; Gao, Nan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nanjing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Nanjing, China
fDate :
7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel dual-band circularly-polarised microstrip antenna is proposed. The designs are based on the complementary two turns spiral resonator (CSR2). They are the counterparts of two turns spiral resonators (SR2s), which were introduced in 2004 by some of the present authors. The CSR2 technique can be applied to the design of miniaturised antenna by increasing electrical length. To demonstrate the idea, the proposed circularly-polarised antenna is designed to work at 658 MHz and 2.74 GHz. The gap orientation asymmetric or symmetric to the current propagating direction will render the antenna to radiate circular polarisation (CP) waves with the CSR2 etched on the antenna. Details of the experimental results compared with simulated results are presented and discussed.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; polarisation; resonators; circular polarisation wave radiation; complementary two turns spiral resonator; dual-band circularly-polarised microstrip antenna; frequency 2.74 GHz; frequency 658 MHz; gap orientation; miniaturised antenna; propagating direction;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.1206