Open Physics (Oct 2018)

CPW-fed circularly-polarized antenna array with high front-to-back ratio and low-profile

  • Liu Yilin,
  • Huang Kama

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/phys-2018-0082
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 651 – 655

Abstract

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A novel design of a coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed antenna array with circular polarization (CP) and a high front-to-back ratio is described. The proposed CP array is achieved by using a compact CPW–slotline transition network etched in the ground plane. The measured results show that this kind of feeding method can improve the impedance bandwidth, as well as the axial ratio bandwidth of the CP antenna array and provide adequate gain. The proposed array can achieve a 6.08% impedance bandwidth and a 4.10% CP bandwidth. Details of the antenna design and experimental results are presented and discussed.

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