학술논문

Compact Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna with Enhanced Axial Ratio and Impedance Bandwidth
Document Type
Conference
Source
2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2024 18th European Conference on. :1-4 Mar, 2024
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Satellite antennas
Polarization
Satellites
Patch antennas
Prototypes
Bandwidth
Aperture coupled antennas
aperture coupled
circular polarization
microstrip antenna
Language
Abstract
This paper presents a novel design of a wideband circularly polarized (CP) patch antenna based on an aperture-coupled feeding method. The properties of the CP structure are derived by introducing a novel coupled resonator-based configuration, which incorporates the inherent 90° phase difference between the two coupled resonant channels. The proposed low-profile patch antenna aims to enhance the impedance and axial ratio (AR) bandwidth. In contrast to prior works, the antenna demonstrates a reduced physical size with the smallest thickness of 0.08 free space wavelength, while also showcasing broad impedance and 3 dB axial ratio bandwidths. This antenna can be used in satellite communication applications to maintain the quality of signal in a wide range of frequencies simultaneously with the low axial ratio in the wide impedance bandwidth for mobile satellite services.