Title :
Low-cost circularly polarized broadband high efficiency active integrated antenna
Author :
Gao, Steven ; Qin, Yi ; Sambell, Alistair
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Northumbria Univ., Newcastle upon Tyne
Abstract :
This paper presents a circularly polarized (CP) broadband high efficiency active integrated antenna (AIA). To realize the broadband CP antenna, a circular patch is coupled by crossed slots in the ground plane, which are fed by an L-shaped microstrip feed line below the ground. The antenna is designed to serve as the harmonics-terminated load for class-E high-efficiency power amplifier (PA). The broadband CP active antenna is realized by directly integrating the broadband CP antenna with a broadband class-E PA
Keywords :
active antennas; antenna feeds; broadband antennas; harmonics; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; polarisation; power amplifiers; slot antennas; L-shaped microstrip feed line; active integrated antenna; broadband high efficiency antenna; circular patch; circularly polarized antenna; class-E high-efficiency power amplifier; crossed slots; ground plane; harmonics-terminated load; low-cost antenna; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Broadband antennas; Capacitors; High power amplifiers; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Polarization; Radio frequency; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1710844
