A Compact Dual-Band Circularly Polarized Antenna with Wide HPBWs for CNSS Applications

作者:Li, Chao*; Zhang, Fu-Shun; Zhang, Fan; Yang, Kaiwen
来源:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2018, 2018: 3563949.
DOI:10.1155/2018/3563949

摘要

A compact dual-band circularly polarized antenna with wide half-power beamwidths (HPBWs) for compass navigation satellite system applications is proposed in this paper. The CP radiation is realized by arranging four compact dual-band inverted-F monopoles symmetrically to the center point, where the four monopoles are excited with a 90 degrees phase offset through a compact sequential-phase feeding network. The compactness of the dual-band inverted-F monopole is realized by inserting two chip inductors in the horizontal portion of the monopole. The overall dimension of the antenna is only 0.211 lambda(0) x 0.211 lambda(0) x 0.057 lambda(0), where lambda(0) is the corresponding free-space wavelength at 1.268 GHz. Experimental results show that the proposed antenna exhibits two overlapped impedance and axial ratio bandwidths of 50 MHz (1.236-1.286 GHz) and 40 MHz (1.532-1.572 GHz). Wide HPBWs of about 120 degrees/125 degrees and 121 degrees/116 degrees (XOZ/YOZ planes) at center frequencies (1.268, 1.561 GHz) of the CNSS-2 B3 and B1 bands are obtained, respectively. With these good performances, the antenna can be a good candidate for CNSS applications.