Title :
Circularly polarized single-fed wide-band microstrip elements and arrays
Author :
Herscovici, N. ; Sipus, Z. ; Bonefacic, D.
Author_Institution :
Spike Technol., Nashua, NH, USA
Abstract :
For more than 25 years the circularly polarized single-fed microstrip patch are considered to be extremely narrow-band. The performances reported are almost exclusively related to single-patches printed on a dielectric substrate, which partially explains the frequency characteristics. The antenna proposed is a variation of the ´almost square´ patch and exhibits an axial radio of less than 2.5 dB over a more than 10% bandwidth. The antenna was designed for PCN and PCS applications.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antenna arrays; personal communication networks; PCN applications; PCS applications; almost square stacked patch antenna; axial radio; bandwidth; circularly polarized single-fed microstrip patch; dielectric substrate; frequency characteristics; single-fed wide-band microstrip arrays; single-fed wide-band microstrip elements; Design optimization; Dielectric substrates; Frequency; Impedance; Moment methods; Patch antennas; Polarization; Probes; Testing; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1999. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5639-x
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1999.789135
