Title :
Experimental circular phased array for generating OAM radio beams
Author :
Bai, Q. ; Tennant, Alan ; Allen, Ben
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
fDate :
September 25 2014
Abstract :
A circular phased array antenna that can generate orbital angular momentum (OAM) radio beams in the 10 GHz band is described. The antenna consists of eight inset-fed patch elements and a microstrip corporate feeding network. A full-wave electromagnetic simulator is used to aid the antenna design and theoretical simulations are confirmed by measurements.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; microwave antenna arrays; OAM radio beams; circular phased array antenna; frequency 10 GHz; full-wave electromagnetic simulator; inset-fed patch elements; microstrip corporate feeding network; orbital angular momentum radio beams;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2014.2860
