Title :
Compact circularly polarised microstrip antenna with slotted ground plane
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Cheng-Shiu Inst. of Technol., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
fDate :
6/20/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel compact circularly polarised microstrip antenna with a slotted ground plane is proposed. By embedding a group of four bent slots in the ground plane and truncating a pair of patch comers in the radiating square patch, the proposed antenna can perform circular polarisation (CP) operation with a reduced antenna size at a fixed operating frequency. In addition, enhanced CP bandwidth and antenna gain for the proposed design are observed. Details of the antenna design and experimental results are presented and discussed
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antennas; antenna gain; axial ratio; bent slots; circular polarisation; compact antenna; enhanced bandwidth; microstrip antenna; patch comers; radiating square patch; radiation patterns; return loss; slotted ground plane;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020425
