Dual-Band Circularly Polarized Antenna With Wide Axial Ratio Beamwidths for Upper Hemispherical Coverage

Autor: Yu-Xiang Sun, Kwok Wa Leung, Jian Ren
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: IEEE Access, Vol 6, Pp 58132-58138 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2875029
Popis: This paper presents a dual-band circularly polarized cross-dipole antenna with wide axial ratio beamwidths for full upper hemispherical coverage for GPS L1 and L2 bands. The antenna has curved radiating arms and a corrugated back cavity to enhance the beamwidth. A wideband hybrid coupler is used to feed the antenna at the two nearby frequency bands. Experimental results show that very wide 3-dB AR beamwidths of over 200° can be obtained, fully covering the upper hemisphere for the two GPS bands.
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