Title :
Moon-shaped printed monopole antenna for wideband circularly polarized radiation
Author :
Benyang Hu ; Nasimuddin ; Zhongxiang Shen
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
A moon-shaped printed monopole antenna for wideband circularly polarized radiation is presented in this paper. The antenna consists of a moon-shaped radiator fed by a microstrip line. The moon-shaped radiator is printed on an FR4 dielectric substrate. The moon-shaped radiator and its ground-plane are optimized for wideband radiation of circular polarization. Measured performances of the antenna are 1.49 GHz (2.25-3.74 GHz) for -10 dB S11 bandwidth, 1.48 GHz (2.28-3.76 GHz) for 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth, and gain around 1.6 dBi over the 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth. The overall antenna size is 46.6 mm × 70 mm × 0.8 mm.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; polarisation; FR4 dielectric substrate; frequency 1.48 GHz; frequency 1.49 GHz; microstrip line; moon-shaped printed monopole antenna; moon-shaped radiator; wideband circularly polarized radiation; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Polarization; Transmission line measurements; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2013 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Torino
DOI :
10.1109/APWC.2013.6624912
