Title :
Design of a series fed circularly polarized microstrip patch array
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Middle East Tech. Univ., Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
A series fed circularly polarized microstrip patch array operating in S-band (2210 ± 5 MHz) is designed to be used as a sub-array for a ground based antenna receiving signals from a LEO satellite. A slot-coupled square patch antenna is chosen as the array element and the circular polarization operation is obtained by feeding the antenna with two slots placed orthogonal to each other and excited with a 90° phase shift. The end of the feed line is terminated with a matched load to improve the bandwidth of the antenna.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave polarisation; linear antenna arrays; microstrip antenna arrays; receiving antennas; 2.21 GHz; LEO satellite reception; S-band; antenna bandwidth; circular polarization operation; feed line; ground based antenna; linear array; radiation pattern; series fed circularly polarized microstrip patch array; slot-coupled square patch antenna; sub-array; Antenna feeds; Low earth orbit satellites; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Phased arrays; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Satellite antennas; Signal design;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7330-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2002.1016064
