A compact dual-band (L1/L2) GPS antenna design

Author

Chen, Ming ; Chen, Chi-Chih

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A small slot-loaded patch antenna design developed for receiving both L1 and L2 bands GPS signals is discussed. The dual band coverage is achieved by using a patch mode at L2 band and a slot mode at L1 band. High dielectric material and meandered slot line are employed to reduce the antenna size down to 25.4 mm in diameter. The RHCP is achieved by combining two orthogonal modes via a small 0°-90° hybrid chip. Both patch and slot modes share a single proximity probe conveniently located on the side of the antenna (Fig.1). This paper discusses about the design procedure as well as simulated antenna performance.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; slot antennas; L1 bands GPS signals; L2 bands GPS signals; RHCP; antenna performance; antenna size; compact dual-band (L1/L2) GPS antenna design; dielectric material; orthogonal modes; patch mode; patch modes; single proximity probe; slot modes; slot-loaded patch antenna design; Antenna measurements; Dual band; Global Positioning System; Loss measurement; Patch antennas; Probes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6348972

Filename

6348972