Dual-Band Probe-Fed Stacked Patch Antenna for GNSS Applications

Author

Wang, Zhongbao ; Fang, Shaojun ; Fu, Shiqiang ; Lü, Shanwei

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Dalian Maritime Univ., Dalian

Volume

8

fYear

2009

fDate

7/1/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

100

Lastpage

103

Abstract

A novel proximity-coupled probe-fed stacked patch antenna is proposed for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) applications. The antenna has been designed to operate for the satellite navigation frequencies in L-band including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and Compass (1164-1239 MHz and 1559-1610 MHz). A key feature of our design is the proximity-coupled probe feeds to increase impedance bandwidth and the integrated 90deg broadband balun to improve polarization purity. The final antenna exhibits broad pattern coverage, high gain at the low angles (more than -5 dBi), and VSWR <1.5 for all the operating bands. The design procedures and employed tuning techniques to achieve the desired performance are presented.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; UHF antennas; antenna feeds; baluns; bandwidth allocation; broadband antennas; electromagnetic wave polarisation; impedance matching; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; Compass; GLONASS; GNSS application; GPS; Galileo; Global Navigation Satellite System; L-band; broadband balun; dual-band proximity-coupled probe-fed stacked patch antenna; frequency 1164 MHz to 1239 MHz; frequency 1559 MHz to 1610 MHz; impedance bandwidth; polarization purity; tuning technique; Broadband balun; global navigation satellite system (GNSS); stacked patch antenna;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2008.2012355

Filename

4745781