Title :
Wideband circularly polarized slot antenna
Author :
Nasimuddin ; Zhi Ning Chen ; Xianming Qing
Author_Institution :
RF & Opt. Dept., Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore
fDate :
Oct. 31 2012-Nov. 2 2012
Abstract :
A microstrip-fed symmetric-slot antenna is proposed for wideband circularly polarized radiation. The antenna consists of a microstrip feed line and a wide symmetrical slot along the diagonal axis. The slot and feeding structure are fabricated on the opposite plane of a low cost FR4 substrate. The wideband is achieved by changing the symmetric-shaped slot lengths and a strip-line length. The measured 3-dB axial ratio and 10-dB return-loss bandwidths of the antenna are around 50% and more than 100% respectively. The boresight gain and backside gain is more than 3.0 dBic over the 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; slot antennas; diagonal axis; feeding structure; loss 10 dB; low cost FR4 substrate; microstrip feed line; microstrip-fed symmetric-slot antenna; slot structure; strip-line length; symmetric-shaped slot lengths; wideband circularly polarized radiation; wideband circularly polarized slot antenna; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Microstrip antennas; Slot antennas; Wideband; UWB; circularly polarized antenna; microstrip feed line; slot antenna; wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2012 9th European
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2471-7