Sun K, Yang D, Liu S, Yang T. A broadband and low cross polarization antenna with a balun of microstrip line coupling to slot line.
PLoS One 2018;
13:e0194181. [PMID:
29543902 PMCID:
PMC5854396 DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0194181]
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Abstract
In this paper, a wide-band low cross polarization antenna with a structure of microstrip line coupling to slot line as the balun is proposed. The radiation part of the antenna is fed by two pairs of parallel transmission line via a transition from a slot line which is coupled by a microstrip line. Because it is fed by parallel transmission lines, which is balanced-fed structure, the antenna can achieve an improved low cross-polarization performance. The height of the antenna is 0.146λ0 (λ0 is the wavelength of lowest frequency). The prototype antenna demonstrates a measured impedance bandwidth of 93.5% (2.7–7.44 GHz), a 3-dB-gain bandwidth of 77% (2.7–6.1 GHz), and a maximum gain of 10.5 dBi at 4.5 GHz.
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