DocumentCode
83274
Title
Experimental circular phased array for generating OAM radio beams
Author
Bai, Q. ; Tennant, Alan ; Allen, Ben
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Volume
50
Issue
20
fYear
2014
fDate
September 25 2014
Firstpage
1414
Lastpage
1415
Abstract
A circular phased array antenna that can generate orbital angular momentum (OAM) radio beams in the 10 GHz band is described. The antenna consists of eight inset-fed patch elements and a microstrip corporate feeding network. A full-wave electromagnetic simulator is used to aid the antenna design and theoretical simulations are confirmed by measurements.
Keywords
antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; microwave antenna arrays; OAM radio beams; circular phased array antenna; frequency 10 GHz; full-wave electromagnetic simulator; inset-fed patch elements; microstrip corporate feeding network; orbital angular momentum radio beams;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el.2014.2860
Filename
6908623
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