1. Circularly polarised sequential array with enhanced gain and bandwidth for applications in C‐band.
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Maddio, Stefano, Pelosi, Giuseppe, and Selleri, Stefano
- Abstract
This study presents a single‐layer via‐less antenna array operating in circular polarisation for wide‐band operation in C‐band. The antenna comprises 2×2 disc based elements arranged in a sequential rotation architecture. Each element is tuned to exhibit multiple resonances with good circular polarisation performance over a broadband of frequencies. A proper feeding network is then designed so that the resulting array is capable of a wide‐band operation and enhanced gain, equalising the frequency response of the set of elements. Simulations are validated by fabricating and measuring a prototype realised on a commercial FR408 dielectric substrate. Notwithstanding a dimension of only 7×7cm2, that is only 1.66λ02 at centre frequency, measured performance of the proposed array can be summarised in a gain better than 7 dB over an operation bandwidth of 24.45%, which is an unmatched result, given the via‐less single‐layer technology and the specific available area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2020
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