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http://dx.doi.org/10.12815/kits.2015.14.5.038

A Design of Dual-band Microstrip Antenna Loading Inverted-L-shaped Parasitic Elements Vertically at Radiation Apertures for GPS Applications  

Choi, Yoon-Seon (Chungnam national university)
Woo, Jong-Myung (Chungnam national university)
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The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems / v.14, no.5, 2015 , pp. 38-43 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we present novel dual-band microstrip antennas using inverted-L-shaped parasitic elements vertically at radiation apertures for GPS L1(1.575 GHz) and L2(1.227 GHz) bands. For making dual band which has large interval, the inverted-L-shaped parasitic element was loaded at the radiation aperture of a half-wavelength patch antenna(GPS L1) in opposite direction of the feeding point for receiving the low frequency(GPS L2). The low frequency occurs by perturbation and coupling between the patch and parasitic. Next, due to use circular polarizations at the GPS applications, two inverted-L-shaped parasitic elements were loaded at radiation apertures of each polarizations and the feeding point was moved at diagonal part of the patch. The dimensions of the designed circularly polarized antenna were $88.5{\times}79{\times}10.4mm^3$ ($0.36{\lambda}L{\times}0.32{\lambda}L{\times}0.04{\lambda}L$, ${\lambda}L$ is the free-space wavelength at 1.227 GHz). Measured -10 dB bandwidths were 116.3 MHz(7.4%) and 64.3 MHz(5.2%) at GPS L1 and L2 bands, respectively. All of these cover the respective required system bandwidths. The measured 3 dB axial ratio bandwidths were 11.7 MHz(0.74%) and 14 MHz(1.14%), respectively. Within each of the designed bands, broadside radiation patterns were observed.
Keywords
Microstrip antennas; Dual-band; Parasitic elements; Perturbation; Coupling;
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