Abstract
A broadband circularly (CP) polarized curl antenna with a simple single feed is presented. The antenna consists of a curled metal strip of about 1.4 wavelengths in length wound into about one turn and mounted above a ground plane with a thick air layer. By using a 50-Ω probe feed along with a vertical feeding metal strip for exciting the curled radiating element, good CP radiation over a wide operating band (with a bandwidth of larger than 6.6%) is achieved, which makes the proposed antenna well-suited for application in the 5.8 GHz band. Details of the proposed antenna design and the experimental results obtained for a constructed prototype are presented.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 451-455 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | International Journal of Electrical Engineering |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 2007 Dec 1 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering