Design of a new dual-frequency and dual-polarization microstrip element

Author

Shavit, Reuven ; Tzur, Yuval ; Spirtus, Danny

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Volume

51

Issue

7

fYear

2003

fDate

7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1443

Lastpage

1451

Abstract

A new type of a dual-frequency and dual-linear-polarization multilayer stacked microstrip antenna element is presented. The feeding mechanism of the element is aperture coupling for one polarization and direct feeding for the orthogonal polarization. The microstrip element exhibits a wide band of operation, high isolation between ports, and high radiation efficiency for both polarizations compared to other types of elements. A parametric study was conducted using a commercial software based on a method of moments (MoM) algorithm and is presented. A prototype with dimensions based on the simulations was built and tested. The agreement between the measured and numerical results is good.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; broadband antennas; electromagnetic wave polarisation; method of moments; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; multilayers; 10.9 to 12.7 GHz; 14 to 14.5 GHz; antenna feed; aperture coupling; dual-frequency antenna; dual-polarization antenna; element radiation patterns; high isolation; high radiation efficiency; method of moments; multilayer microstrip antenna; wideband antenna; Apertures; Microstrip antennas; Moment methods; Nonhomogeneous media; Parametric study; Polarization; Software algorithms; Software prototyping; Virtual prototyping; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2003.813594

Filename

1210763