Title :
Very simple circularly polarised printed patch antenna with enhanced bandwidth
Author :
Le, T.T. ; Park, H.C.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Dongguk Univ. - Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
A very simple circularly polarised (CP) printed patch antenna with enhanced bandwidth has been designed, fabricated and tested. The antenna consists of two semi-circular patches and a rectangular ground plane, and is excited by a simple microstrip feedline. The total substrate size is 50 × 50 × 1.52 mm3. The measured -10 dB impedance bandwidth is 101% (2.84-8.7 GHz) and the measured 3 dB axial-ratio (AR) bandwidth is 49.8% (3.95-6.57 GHz). Good agreement is achieved between measured and simulated results.
Keywords :
microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; polarisation; AR bandwidth; CP antenna; axial-ratio bandwidth; bandwidth 2.84 GHz to 8.7 GHz; bandwidth enhancement; circularly polarised printed patch antenna; microstrip feedline; rectangular ground plane; semicircular patches;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2014.2963