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Compact-Size Low-Profile Wideband Circularly Polarized Omnidirectional Patch Antenna With Reconfigurable Polarizations

Cai, Yuan-Ming, Gao, Steven, Yin, Yingzeng, Li, Wenting, Luo, Qi (2016) Compact-Size Low-Profile Wideband Circularly Polarized Omnidirectional Patch Antenna With Reconfigurable Polarizations. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 64 (5). pp. 2016-2021. ISSN 0018-926X. (doi:10.1109/TAP.2016.2535502) (KAR id:55777)

Abstract

A compact-size low-profile wideband circularly polarized (CP) omnidirectional antenna with reconfigurable polarizations is presented in this communication. This design is based on a low-profile omnidirectional CP antenna which consists of a vertically polarized microstrip patch antenna working in TM01/TM02 modes and sequentially bended slots etched on the ground plane for radiating horizontally polarized electric field. The combined radiation from both the microstrip patch and the slots leads to a CP omnidirectional radiation pattern. The polarization reconfigurability is realized by introducing PIN diodes on the slots. By electronically controlling the states of the PIN diodes, the effective orientation of the slots on ground plane can be changed dynamically and the polarization of antenna can be altered between left-hand circular polarization (LHCP) and right-hand circular polarization (RHCP). The proposed antenna exhibits a wide-operational bandwidth of 19.8% (2.09-2.55 GHz) with both axial ratio below 3 dB and return loss above 10 dB when radiates either LHCP or RHCP waves. Experimental results show good agreement with the simulation results. The present design has a compact size, a thickness of only 0.024? and exhibits stable CP omnidirectional conical-beam radiation patterns within the entire operating frequency band with good circular polarization.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1109/TAP.2016.2535502
Subjects: T Technology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: Tina Thompson
Date Deposited: 02 Jun 2016 13:43 UTC
Last Modified: 08 Dec 2022 21:02 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/55777 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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