A Compact Wideband Circular Polarized Fabry-Perot Antenna Using Resonance Structure of Thin Dielectric Slabs

IEEE Access - Tập 6 - Trang 56333-56339 - 2018
Nghia Nguyen-Trong1, Huy Hung Tran2, Truong Khang Nguyen2, Amin M. Abbosh1
1School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, the University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia
2Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tóm tắt

A wideband small-footprint circularly polarized Fabry-Perot resonator antenna is presented in this paper. The design employs a partial reflecting surface (PRS) consisting of thin homogeneous dielectric slabs separated by a small air gap. The PRS is analyzed using transmission line theory, which gives more insightful into the theoretical concept and provides a simple tool for design and optimization. An antenna prototype with overall size of 1.2λfmin × 1.2λfmin × 0.6λfmin has been fabricated and experimentally validated (λfmin being the free-space wavelength at the minimum operating frequency). The measured impedance matching and axial ratio bandwidths are approximately 55.7% and 47.7%, respectively. In addition, the antenna achieved 3-dB gain bandwidth of 50.9% with a peak gain of 15 dBi. Compared to previous designs targeting similar applications, the antenna proposed here possesses a simple geometry with light weight, ease of optimization and fabrication, as well as enhanced axial ratio bandwidth and 3-dB gain bandwidth.

Từ khóa

#Circularly polarized (CP) #dielectric slabs #Fabry-Perot resonator (FPR) #high gain #low profile #wideband

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