Circular Polarization and Polarization Reconfigurable Designs for Annular Slot Antennas

A simple design for circularly-polarized (CP) annular slot antennas is first described. The antenna is fed by a V-shaped coupling strip loaded with a small resistance, and it can generate CP radiation as long as the inclined angle of the V-shaped coupling strip is properly adjusted. Numerical analys...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 2012-12, Vol.60 (12), p.5998-6002
Main Authors: ROW, Jeen-Sheen, LIU, Wang-Lin, CHEN, Tsair-Rong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annular
Antennas
Applied sciences
Circular polarization
Couplings
Exact sciences and technology
Feeding
Frequency measurement
Joining
Loss measurement
Polarization
polarization reconfigurable
Prototypes
Radiocommunications
slot antenna
Slot antennas
Strip
Switching and signalling
Systems, networks and services of telecommunications
Telecommunications
Telecommunications and information theory
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Summary:A simple design for circularly-polarized (CP) annular slot antennas is first described. The antenna is fed by a V-shaped coupling strip loaded with a small resistance, and it can generate CP radiation as long as the inclined angle of the V-shaped coupling strip is properly adjusted. Numerical analyses to the effects of varying the angle on CP axial ratio are performed. Several CP prototypes are fabricated. Both simulated and measured results demonstrate that the proposed feeding mechanism can give good CP performances for the case that the slot width is varied from 0.008 to 0.09 λ 0 . Then, a design for polarization reconfigurable antennas is developed from the feeding mechanism. Only two PIN diodes are involved in the reconfigurable design that can offer the switching among three different polarizations, including one linear polarization and dual orthogonal circular polarizations. Details of the designs and experimental results are shown.
ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2012.2211556