Aperture coupled circular polarization antenna
US4843400A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q9/0428
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A generally planar antenna for generating circularly polarized electromagnetic signals, particularly useful at microwave frequencies. Each antenna element comprises a single excitation aperture (7) cut in a planar conductive ground plane (9). Spaced apart from the ground plane (9) by means of a dielectric layer (11) and covering the excitation aperture (7) is a planar conductive radiating patch (5) having slightly different dimensions along each of two orthogonal axes. The radiating patch (5) may have the shape of a near square or an ellipse. Exciting the aperture (7) with linearly polarized electromagnetic energy causes the radiating patch (5) to generate a circularly polarized electromagnetic signal consisting of two orthogonal components that have substantially the same amplitude and are 90.degree. offset in phase from each other. Several antenna elements can be combined to form a large aperture array. Energy may be applied to the excitation aperture (7) by means of a waveguide (3) feed, microstrip line (15), or stripline (15).
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