Compact Circularly-Polarized Patch Antenna Loaded With Metamaterial Structures

A metamaterial-inspired low-profile patch antenna is proposed and studied for circularly-polarized (CP) radiation. The present antenna, which has a single-fed configuration, is loaded with the composite right/left-handed (CRLH) mushroom-like structures and a reactive impedance surface (RIS) for miniaturization purpose. The CP radiation is realized by exciting two orthogonally-polarized modes simultaneously which are located in the left-handed (LH) region. The detailed antenna radiation characteristics are examined and illustrated with both simulated and experimental results. The CP performance can be controlled in several different ways. This antenna exhibits an overall size of 0.177λ0 × 0.181λ0 × 0.025λ0 at 2.58 GHz and a radiation efficiency around 72%. Finally, based on the proposed CP patch antenna, a compact dual-band dual linearly-polarized patch antenna has also been designed and fabricated. Promising experimental results are observed.

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