Design of a broadband dual circularly polarized square slot antenna

Abstract

Abstract In this article, a new design of a broadband dual circularly polarized square slot antenna loaded with metallic strips is presented. The proposed dual circular polarization (CP) radiations are achieved by loading the square slot with a T‐shaped strip and two microstrip T‐junctions. The designed antenna is implemented and measured. The experimental results show that the proposed antenna has good dual CP characteristics and a 3‐dB axial ratio bandwidth is more than 19%. The isolation between two ports is better than 20 dB within the CP operating band. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 2639–2642, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23741