A Circularly Polarized Annular-ring Patch Antenna with a Groundplane EBG Annular-slot Array

X. L. Bao, G. Ruvio, M. J. Ammann

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Abstract

The effects of tuning the parameters of an annular-ring circular patch antenna with a cross-slot are analyzed and discussed. Then, based on this structure, a novel antenna with an electromagnetic bandgap cell system, which consists of a 4x4 annular-slot array in the groundplane, is designed and both numerically and experimentally evaluated. When compared to the annular-ring patch antenna on a groundplane of the same size without EBG structure, the proposed antenna presents a significant increase in the impedance bandwidth, axial-ratio bandwidth and gain. On the other hand, the insertion of the EBG structure allows a 10% reduction of the centre frequency when compared to the annular-ring patch antenna on a conventional groundplane. The simulated and measured results are in good agreement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)69-75
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Microwave and Optical Technology
Volume3
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2008

Keywords

  • Annular-ring patch antenna
  • Annular-slot
  • Circular polarization
  • Electromagnetic Bandgap

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