J4 ›› 2010, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 148-151.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2010.01.026

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Improved CPW-fed circular polarization antenna array

ZHANG Hou1;ZHENG Hong-xing2;WANG Jian1   

  1. (1. Missile Inst. of Air Force Eng. Univ., San Yuan  713800, China;
    2. Inst. of Antenna and Microwave Tech., Tianjin Univ. of Tech. and Edu., Tianjin  300222, China)
  • Received:2008-12-30 Online:2010-02-20 Published:2010-03-29
  • Contact: ZHANG Hou1 E-mail:wamer88@163.com

Abstract:

The technique of sequentially rotating the feed position is introduced to increase the axial-ratio bandwidth of a circular polarized antenna array fed with a coplanar waveguide. The axial-ratio bandwidth can be increased by choosing the rotating angle of the antenna properly and compensating a corresponding phase to the feed line. Calculated results show that the axial-ratio bandwidth of the improved array is increased to 3.7%, while the axial-ratio bandwidth of the conventional array is only 0.9%. Meanwhile, the impedance bandwidth of the improved array is increased to 6.9%, compared with the conventional array whose impedance bandwidth is only 3.2%.

Key words: circular polarization antenna, axial-ratio, bandwidth, coplanar waveguide