DUAL LINEAR/CIRCULAR POLARIZED PLANNAR ANTENNA WITH LOW PROFILE DOUBLE-LAYER POLARIZER OF 45º TILTED METALLIC STRIPS FOR WIMAX APPLICATIONS

Jose Luis Masa-Campos, Fernando Gonzalez-Fernandez
2009 Electromagnetic Waves  
A low profile double-layer polarizer structure is presented for planar patch antennas to obtain circular polarization in 3.5 GHz WiMAX band (3.4-3.6 GHz ≈ 5.7% bandwidth). Each polarizer layer is composed of 45 • tilted metallic strips on a printed circuit. A bandwidth widening is obtained due to a significant reduction of the distance between polarizer and patches. The associated effects from the interaction of the two structures have been studied. A 2 × 2 array prototype has been implemented
more » ... nd measured, with a 8% average bandwidth in reflection and dual linear/circular polarization.
doi:10.2528/pier09092406 fatcat:ek2qy56rpbdcjkf4aqwqz3q3eq