scholarly journals A Low Profile High Gain Ultra Lightweight Circularly Polarized Annular Ring Slot Antenna for Airborne and Airship Applications

IEEE Access ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 155048-155056
Author(s):  
Nouman Rasool ◽  
Huang Kama ◽  
Muhammad Abdul Basit ◽  
Mujeeb Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
High Gain ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Annular Ring ◽  
Low Profile

A printed wide-beamwidth circularly polarized antenna via two pairs of radiating slots placed in a square contour

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neng-Wu Liu ◽  
Lei Zhu ◽  
Wai-Wa Choi
Keyword(s):  
Ground Plane ◽  
Large Angle ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Dielectric Substrate ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Radiation Patterns ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Orthogonal Pairs ◽  
Good Agreement

A low-profile circularly polarized (CP) slot antenna to achieve a wide axial-ratio (AR) beamwidth is proposed in this paper. The radiating patch consists of two orthogonal pairs of parallel slots etched symmetrically onto a ground plane. Firstly, our theoretical study demonstrates that the CP radiation can be satisfactorily achieved at the broadside, when the vertical and horizontal paired-slots are excited in the same amplitude with 90° phase difference. Secondly, the principle of CP radiation of the proposed antenna on an infinite ground plane is described. Through analyzing the spacing between two parallel slots, the |Eθ| and |Eφ| radiation patterns can be made approximately identical with each other over a large angle range. As such, the slot antenna achieves a wide AR beamwidth. After that, the 3 dB AR beamwidth with respect to the size of a finite ground plane is investigated to constitute a practical CP antenna on a finite ground plane. In final, the proposed CP antenna with a 1–4 probe-to-microstrip feeding network is designed and fabricated on a finite ground plane of a dielectric substrate. Measured results are shown to be in good agreement with the simulated ones about the gain, reflection coefficient, AR bandwidth, and radiation patterns. Most importantly, a wide 3 dB AR beamwidth of 126° and low-profile property with the height of 0.036λ0 are achieved.

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