Title :
Microstrip patch antennas with frequency agility and polarization diversity over a wide frequency range
Author :
Ho, Kevin Ming-Jiang ; Rebeiz, Gabriel M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present the design of a microstrip patch element with both frequency agility and polarization diversity over a wide frequency range. Conceptual verifications with hardware implementation using surface-mount lumped components was performed, and good agreement between measurements with simulations are presented. A measured frequency tuning ratio of 1.8:1 is presented for the circular polarization mode. The application areas are ground-based and satellite communication systems.
Keywords :
frequency agility; microstrip antennas; satellite communication; telecommunication computing; circular polarization mode; frequency agility; ground-based systems; microstrip patch antennas; microstrip patch element design; polarization diversity; satellite communication systems; surface-mount lumped components; Antenna measurements; Capacitance; Frequency diversity; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Resonant frequency; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4967-5
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2010.5561827
