Design and characterization of an efficient multi-layered circularly polarized microstrip antenna

作者:Prajapati Pravin R*; Patnaik Amalendu; Kartikeyan M V
来源:International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, 2016, 8(7): 1101-1109.
DOI:10.1017/S1759078715000549

摘要

A novel asymmetric + shaped fractal slotted circularly polarized microstrip antenna with a Yagi-Uda structure is proposed. Four asymmetric plus shape slots are embedded symmetrically in the center of all four quadrants of a square patch. To suppress undesirable higher modes, dumbbell-shaped defected ground structure (DGS) is introduced at the ground layer of the antenna. We introduce a method to compensate the reduction in gain occurring due to the presence of DGS, without changing in the overall size of the antenna. A 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth of 4 MHz at center frequency of 862 MHz, 10 dB impedance bandwidth of 13.20 MHz and a gain of 4.25 dB is achieved with the proposed antenna. A laboratory prototype of the proposed antenna is made to cross-verify the simulation results. Very good agreements between the two are obtained. The proposed antenna may prove useful for International Mobile Telecommunication application for designing high-gain arrays.

  • 出版日期2016-11