Abstract

This letter proposes a wideband high-gain left-/right-handed circularly polarized (L/RHCP) patch antenna using a mirror flip approach. The antenna consists of a ring-shaped metal square patch with truncated corners and a two-port feed network in a simple construction. The dual-port feed and truncated corners realize a wide axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW). Moreover, the L/RHCP is easily changed by mirroring the flipped feed network without redesigning the overall topology. The impedance bandwidth (IBW) ( <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">S</i> <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">11</sub> < −10 dB) of 58.6% (2.97–5.43 GHz)/47.6% (2.8–4.55 GHz) and 3 dB ARBW of 44.3% (3.09–4.85 GHz)/34.6% (2.96–4.2 GHz) are achieved for L/RHCP antenna. Finally, two prototypes were fabricated and measured for validation. The proposed L/RHCP patch antenna was found to be insensitive to feed position. The IBWs of the proposed LHCP and RHCP antennas showed a wide degree of overlap. The low profile, high gain, small size, and higher robustness of our antenna than traditional patch antennas demonstrate the advantageous of our design for communication, power transmission, and medical fields.

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