Title :
Proximity-Coupled Stacked Patch Antenna for Tri-Band GPS Applications
Author :
Zhou, Yijun ; Chen, Chi-Chih ; Volakis, John L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH
Abstract :
We introduce a novel proximity-coupled stacked patch antenna to cover all three GPS bands (L1, L2 and L5 bands). The proposed antenna has an aperture size of 1.2" times 1.2" (lambda/8 at the L5 band) and has an RHCP gain greater than 2 dBi over all three GPS bands. Design challenges, corresponding numerical simulations and measurements are presented
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; UHF antennas; aperture antennas; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; Global Positioning System; proximity-coupled stacked patch antenna; tri-band GPS applications; Antenna measurements; Apertures; Bandwidth; Coaxial components; Dielectric substrates; Global Positioning System; Patch antennas; Permittivity; Probes; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1711155
