Design of Compact Quadruple Inverted-F Antenna With Circular Polarization for GPS Receiver

Author

Son, Wang-Ik ; Lim, Won-Gyu ; Lee, Moon-Que ; Min, Sang-Bo ; Yu, Jong-Won

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

58

Issue

5

fYear

2010

fDate

5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1503

Lastpage

1510

Abstract

A compact quadruple inverted-F antenna (QIFA) with right-hand circular polarization for global positioning system (GPS) receiver is presented. The proposed QIFA consists of four spiral-shaped inverted-F antennas fed by a compact multilayered feed network. In order to improve the radiation efficiency of four-port feed antenna like QIFA, we analyze an optimum matching method considering both reflection coefficient at each port and the mutual coupling between ports simultaneously. Experimental results show that QIFA of size 10 x 10 x 12 mm³ has a 3-dB beamwidth of more than 130^??, the peak gain of -1 dBic and the axial ratio under 2 dB.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave reflection; multilayers; planar inverted-F antennas; radio receivers; GPS receiver; compact quadruple inverted-F antenna; four port feed antenna; global positioning system receiver; multilayered feed network; optimum matching method; reflection coefficient; right hand circular polarization; size 10 mm; size 12 mm; Antenna feeds; Antennas and propagation; Geometry; Global Positioning System; Helical antennas; Impedance; Mutual coupling; Optical reflection; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Reflector antennas; Circular polarization; GPS receiver antenna; four-port antenna matching method; quadruple inverted-F antenna;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2010.2044344

Filename

5422671