Title :
An air-supported wideband circularly polarized patch antenna
Author :
Zeb, Basit Ali ; Meincke, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Air Univ., Islamabad, Pakistan
Abstract :
An air-supported circularly polarized square patch antenna with three dimensional (3D) suspended feeding strips is designed. With 3D feeding strips, and the use of air as dielectric, large impedance bandwidth is achieved. A microstrip feeding network is designed to excite the patch antenna in phase quadrature. Radiation pattern measurement results verify the design of the proposed feeding network and the air-supported patch antenna.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; electric impedance; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antennas; 3D suspended feeding strips; air-supported patch antenna; air-supported wideband circularly polarized square patch antenna; impedance bandwidth; microstrip feeding network; phase quadrature; radiation pattern measurement; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Impedance; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Polarization; Patch antennas; circular polarization; microstrip feeding network;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications, 2009 3rd IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4076-4
DOI :
10.1109/MAPE.2009.5355651
