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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 47 Number 5, May 1999

Circularly Polarized Aperture-Coupled Circular Microstrip Patch Antennas for L-Band Applications

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Abstract:

Circularly polarized aperture-coupled circular microstrip patch antennas are investigated with the goal of obtaining an 8% impedance and ellipticity bandwidth in L-band. Three varieties--a single-feed patch with perturbation segments, a single-feed stacked patch with perturbation segments, and a dual-feed patch with a 3-dB branch line coupler as an external polarizer are considered to obtain the required performance. All the three investigated patch configurations meet the impedance bandwith requirement, but only two varieties: the single-feed stacked patch and the dual-feed patch meet the required ellipticity bandwidth. These antennas feature more than 9-dBi gain. They use low-cost substrates and foam for bandwidth enhancement and, hence, they are attractive for applications where the production cost is of importance.

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