Title :
Compact multi-band rectangular slotted antenna for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
Author :
Djebari, Mustapha ; Abdelhadi, Ahmed
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Univ. Saad Dahlab of Blida, Blida, Algeria
Abstract :
An Investigation in a compact multi-band rectangular microstrip antenna with two different slots suitable for future Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) applications is proposed and experimentally studied. The antenna operates at multiple frequency bands which are L1, L2, L5 for GPS and G1, G2, G3 for GLONASS and E1, E6, E5a&E5b for GALILEO. The proposed antenna is excited by a microstrip feed line and have three frequency bands through loading an U-shaped slot and an inverted H-shaped slot. It achieved good performance within a large 3-dB beamwidth, which will enable the antenna to receive signals from several GNSS satellites. The obtained results of the return loss, radiation patterns and peak antenna gains are presented using computer simulations and measurements. A prototype of the antenna is fabricated; the measured return loss is in good agreement with the simulated one.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; slot antennas; GALILEO; GLONASS; GNSS; GPS; U-shaped slot; compact multiband rectangular microstrip antenna; compact multiband rectangular slotted antenna; global navigation satellite systems; inverted H-shaped slot; microstrip feed line; peak antenna gains; radiation patterns; return loss; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Global Positioning System; Loss measurement; Microstrip antennas; Slot antennas; Galileo; Glonass; antenna GPS; compact; microstrip;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC), 2013 Saudi International
Conference_Location :
Fira
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6196-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6194-1
DOI :
10.1109/SIECPC.2013.6550772
