Circularly polarized meander patch antenna array

Author

Dey, S. ; Mittra, R. ; Kobayashi, T. ; Itoh, M. ; Maeda, S.

Author_Institution

Electromagn. Commun. Lab., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

21-26 July 1996

Firstpage

1100

Abstract

The authors describe the design of an antenna array comprising of four identical short circuited meander patches etched on a substrate with a dielectric constant of 2.6 and a thickness of 3.2 mm. The meander patch element serves to decrease the resonant frequency of the antenna by increasing the loading. This quarter-wave antenna shows good polarisation characteristics over a wide angular range in both the azimuth and elevation planes. It should find application in mobile communications where compactness is desirable.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave polarisation; land mobile radio; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile antennas; permittivity; 3.2 mm; azimuth plane; circularly polarized meander patch antenna array; dielectric constant; elevation plane; loading; meander patch element; mobile communications; polarisation characteristics; quarter-wave antenna; resonant frequency; short circuited meander patches; substrate; thickness; wide angular range; Antenna arrays; Azimuth; Circuits; Dielectric constant; Dielectric substrates; Etching; Loaded antennas; Patch antennas; Polarization; Resonant frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1996. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3216-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1996.549788

Filename

549788