Title :
Broadband circularly polarised microstrip antenna in two-sided structure with coaxial probe coupling
Author :
An, H. ; Nauwelaers, B. ; Van de Capelle, A.
Author_Institution :
Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
The newly developed transmission line model of the microstrip antenna and the simplified real frequency technique are employed to design lossless matching networks. Measurements show that the designed CP antenna has broad gain bandwidth, good polarisation purity, and low input VSWR.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave polarisation; impedance matching; microstrip antennas; CP antenna; broadband antennas; circularly polarised microstrip antenna; coaxial probe coupling; gain bandwidth; input VSWR; lossless matching networks; polarisation purity; real frequency technique; transmission line model; two-sided structure;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19930212
