• DocumentCode
    558289
  • Title

    Triband antenna feeding circuit for circular polarization diversity

  • Author

    Hebib, Sami ; Aubert, Hervé

  • Author_Institution
    LAAS, Toulouse, France
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    10-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    890
  • Lastpage
    893
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a compact and original feeding circuit architecture is proposed to synthesis the circular polarization of a triband antenna. A diplexer is used in this circuit in order to achieve circular polarization diversity, that is, right-hand circular polarization (RH-CP) for two radio-navigation bands (GPS/Galileo) and left-hand circular polarization (LH-CP) for a telemetry band (MicroSat TM). Simulation and measurement results are presented and validate the proposed feeding circuit concept.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; antenna feeds; diversity reception; polarisation; satellite navigation; telemetry; GPS-Galileo; MicroSat TM; circular polarization diversity; feeding circuit architecture; left-hand circular polarization; radio-navigation bands; right-hand circular polarization; telemetry band; triband antenna feeding circuit; Antenna measurements; Couplers; Frequency measurement; Global Positioning System; Integrated circuit modeling; Low pass filters; Polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2011 41st European
  • Conference_Location
    Manchester
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-235-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6101933