A Simple Single-fed Left/Right-Hand Circular Polarization Antenna for GPS Applications

Authors

  • Lulu Meng School of Electronic and Information Engineering Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
  • Yingsong Li 1)School of Electronic and Information Engineering Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China 2) Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
  • Zhixiang Huang 1) School of Electronic and Information Engineering Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China 2) Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2022.ACES.J.371205

Keywords:

arc-shaped slots, GPS, left/right-hand circular polarization antenna, L2 band

Abstract

A simple single-feeding circular polarization (CP) antenna with controlled left/right-hand characteristics is proposed and investigated for GPS L2 band applications. To achieve the CP characteristics, four arc-shaped cutting corners with different sizes are removed from a circular patch to give 90∘ phase difference to implement CP. By adjusting the radius of the four arc-shaped cutting corners, the antenna can be controlled to get left/right-hand circular polarization (L/RHCP). The proposed CP antenna is modeled, simulated, fabricated and measured, and the results demonstrate that the antenna provides an axial ratio beamwidth over 180 MHz, and impedance bandwidth of 20 MHz for L/RHCP. Additionally, the devised CP antennas have good directional radiating patterns, making them suitable for GPS L2 band applications.

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Author Biographies

Lulu Meng, School of Electronic and Information Engineering Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China

Lulu Meng was born in Henan, China. She received the B.S. degree in Electronics and Information Engineering from the Xinxiang University, Henan, China, in 2021. She is currently pursuing the M.S. degree in Communication and Information System with the Anhui University, China. Her current research interests include circular polarization antenna design and metamaterials and its applications.

Yingsong Li, 1)School of Electronic and Information Engineering Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China 2) Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China

Yingsong Li received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Information Engineering and M.S. degree in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology from Harbin Engineering University, 2006 and 2011, respectively. He received his Ph.D degree from both Kochi University of Technology (KUT), Japan and Harbin Engineering University (HEU), China in 2014. He is currently a Full Professor with the School of Electronic and Information Engineering of Anhui University from March 2022. He was a full Professor in Harbin Engineering University from 2014 to 2022 and a visiting scholar of University of California, Davis from March 2016 to March 2017, a visiting Professor of University of York, UK in 2018, a visiting Professor of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and KUT. Now, he holds the visiting Professor position of School of Information of KUT from 2018. He is a Postdoc of Key Laboratory of Microwave Remote Sensing, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2016 to 2021. Now, He is a Fellow of Applied computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES Fellow), and he is also a senior member of Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) and IEEE. He has authored and coauthored about 300 journal and conference papers in various areas of electrical and information engineering. His current research interests include signal processing, adaptive filters, metasurface designs and microwave antennas.

Dr. Li serves as an Area Editor of AEÜ-International Journal of Electronics and Communications from 2017 to 2020, and he is an Associate Editor of IEEE Access, Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal (ACES Journal) and Alexandria Engineering Journal and Electromagnetic Science. He is the TPC Co-Chair of the 2019 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics (iWEM 2019-2020), 2019 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology (ICEICT 2019), 2019 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium-China, 2019 Cross Strait Quad-regional Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (2019 CSQRWC) and TPC Chair of ICEICT 2021-2022. He is also a General Co-Chair of ICEICT 2020 and a General Chair of IEEE 9th International Conference on Computer Science and Network Technology (ICCSNT 2021) and ICCSNT 2022. He is also a TCP member for many international and domestic conference. He also serves as a Session Chair or Organizer for many international and domestic conferences, including the WCNC, AP-S, ACES-China ect. He acts as a Reviewer of numerous IEEE, IET, Elsevier and other international journals and conferences.

Zhixiang Huang, 1) School of Electronic and Information Engineering Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China 2) Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China

Zhixiang Huang received his BS degree in Statistic and Probability and Ph.D. in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology from Anhui University in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He is a Lecturer of Anhui University from 2007 to 2008 and is promoted to Professor in 2008, and is a visiting scholar in Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, from 2010 to 2011. Currently, he is a full Professor and the dean of the School of Electronic Information Engineering of Anhui University, founder of Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environmental Sensing of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, director of the Young Scientists Club of Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE), member of the Youth Working Committee of CIE. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Young Talent Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in 2018 and the Chang Jiang Scholars Program of Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China in 2022. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. He has more than 100 academic papers in peer-reviewed international/national journals. His current interests include theoretical and computational in electromagnetics and Microwave/RF circuit design, and multiphysics modeling.

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2022-12-31

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L. . Meng, Y. . Li, and Z. . Huang, “A Simple Single-fed Left/Right-Hand Circular Polarization Antenna for GPS Applications”, ACES Journal, vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 1216–1224, Dec. 2022.

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2022: Vol 37 Iss 12

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Antennas, Metasurfaces, and Testing Methodologies for 5G/6G Communication

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