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- Title
Novel wide‐beam cross‐dipole CP antenna for GNSS applications.
- Authors
Zhang, Yun‐Qi; Qin, San‐Tuan; Li, Xi; Guo, Li‐Xin
- Abstract
Abstract: A wide‐beam circularly polarized (CP) cross‐dipole antenna for GNSS applications is proposed in this article. This cross‐dipole antenna is fed by a coaxial cable, on which the slots is added to optimize the impedance matching. These two pairs of dipole arms are designed with different lengths to obtain the circularly polarized radiation. Enhanced wide‐beam CP radiation characteristics can be achieved by curving the dipole arms and adjusting the distance between the arms and the metallic ground plane. The study of proposed antenna performance with different geometric parameters has been conducted. The final antenna exhibits a good impedance bandwidth (IBW) of ∼13.1% (1.50‐1.71 GHz), and the 3‐dB axial‐ratio bandwidth is over 7% (1.52‐1.64 GHz). Broad pattern coverage of more than 140°, pure CP radiation at all designed bands and a wide 3 dB axial‐ratio beamwidth (ARBW) of nearly 150° makes this antenna an excellent candidate for satellite communications and navigation systems.
- Subjects
CIRCULAR polarizers; DIPOLE antennas; GLOBAL Positioning System; IMPEDANCE matching; TELECOMMUNICATION satellites; BANDWIDTHS
- Publication
International Journal of RF & Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, 2018, Vol 28, Issue 6, p1
- ISSN
1096-4290
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/mmce.21272