A novel planar polarizer feed network for dual circular polarization

Author

Fathy, A.E. ; Napoli, L.S. ; Denlinger, E. ; McGinty, F. ; McGee, D. ; Ayers, G. ; Rodeffer, C.E.

Author_Institution

Sarnoff Corp., Princeton, NJ, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2001

Firstpage

412

Abstract

We have developed a novel planar polarizer feed network utilizing quadrature hybrid circuits. This feed network allows dual circular polarization and has inherent isolation capability, its design is based on simple circuit modeling, and it can be tested independently. The feed network developed has been utilized to fabricate a 2/spl times/2 sequentially rotated linearly polarized Ku band element array for dual circular radiation, where an over-500 MHz band with less than 1.5 dB axial ratio has been demonstrated.

Keywords

antenna feeds; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; aperture-coupled patch antenna array; axial ratio; circuit modeling; dual circular polarization; dual circular radiation; linearly polarized Ku band element array; mobile antennas; planar polarizer feed network; quadrature hybrid circuits; sequentially rotated array; Antenna arrays; Broadband antennas; Circuit testing; Feeds; Log periodic antennas; Mobile antennas; Phased arrays; Polarization; Satellite antennas; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2001. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7070-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2001.960121

Filename

960121