Design of a quadrifilar helix antenna based on LTCC technology for satellite navigation handset application

Author

Guo-Qiang Guo ; Bin Li ; Chao Guo ; Yong Liu ; Xin Lv

Author_Institution

Beijing Key Lab. of Millimeter Wave & Terahertz Technol., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

26-29 July 2014

Firstpage

346

Lastpage

349

Abstract

A new approach to design a quadrifilar helix antenna based on low temperature cofired (LTCC) technology for satellite navigation handset application is presented in this paper, which possessing the characteristics of wide beam, high gain at the low elevation, good circular polarization performance, low profile, high stability of the structure and reliability. Unlike traditional quadrifilar antennas, the proposed antenna in this paper is convenient for integrated applications. The antenna is designed and simulated with the application of HFSS software which operates based on the Finite Element Method. Simulation results show that the resonating frequency of the LTCC quadrifilar helix antenna (LQHA) is 2491.8MHz and the bandwidth of the antenna for VSWR<;1.5 is about 35MHz from 2474MHz to 2509MHz. In particular, the LQHA is giving a fairly good circular polarization with the axial ratio<;3dB for elevation angle greater than 10 degrees, high gain at low elevation and good front-to-back ratio, respectively.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; ceramic packaging; finite element analysis; HFSS software; LTCC technology; circular polarization; finite element method; frequency 2491.8 MHz; low temperature cofired technology; navigation handset; quadrifilar helix antenna; Global Positioning System; Helical antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellites; Circular Polarization; LTCC Technology; Low Elevation Gain Value; Quadrifilar Helix Antenna; low profile;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (APCAP), 2014 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4355-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCAP.2014.6992492

Filename

6992492