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A wideband traveling-wave circularly polarized (CP) antenna printed on a single-layer PCB for millimeter-wave (MM-Wave) applications is presented in this communication. The proposed antenna radiates the CP wave on the basis of the principle similar to the classical endfire-mode helical antenna. The proposed antenna is terminated with an absorber to realize traveling-wave radiation. The traveling-wave working mechanism causes the proposed antenna to have a frequency scanning function and higher stability compared with resonant antennas. Curved microstrip transmission lines are adopted as the CP radiation elements; the whole array antenna is etched on a single-layer substrate. A prototype operating at 30 GHz is fabricated and measured. The radiation beam of the proposed antenna scans from − 14.5° (28 GHz) to +22.5° (34 GHz), the axial ratios are lower than 3 dB, and the measured gains show a maximum value of 21.9 dBi at 33 GHz and a minimum value of 20.3 dBi at 28 GHz. The measured $| \text {S}_{11} |$ and $| \text {S}_{21} |$ are lower than −10 and −16 dB, respectively, in the frequencies mentioned above. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This letter presents a low-cost, single-layer, dual circularly polarized (CP) series-fed antenna based on the sequential rotation technique for millimeter-wave (MM-wave) applications. The series-fed working form endows the proposed antenna with more compact structure and lower ohmic, dielectric losses caused by the feeding network compared with parallel-fed antennas. The curved microstrip transmission lines are adopted as radiation elements; therefore, the whole antenna can be etched on a single-layer laminate using standard printed circuit board technology. These characteristics make the antenna a competitive candidate for MM-wave applications. To validate the proposed design, a dual-CP antenna operating at 30 GHz is fabricated. Based on the measurement, the proposed antenna has a 3 dB gain bandwidth of 1.97 GHz, the measured $| {{S_{21}}} |$ is lower than −20 dB, and the axial ratios are lower than 3 dB in the aforementioned frequencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the design of dual circularly polarized (CP) series-fed arrays based on the sequential rotation (SR) technique with uniform radiation elements. The radiation elements and feeding network used in the array are uniform, which leads to the possibility of dual-CP radiation by series-fed SR arrays. Meanwhile, the elements radiate unequal powers due to this arrangement. The relationship between the axial ratio and four key parameters of the array is derived and thoroughly discussed. Good polarization purity and port isolation can be realized by optimizing these parameters. A dual-CP array working at 10 GHz is designed with the help of the analysis. The experimental results show that the proposed antenna has good properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A slot helix antenna working in Global Positioning System (GPS) L1 and L2 bands is proposed in this paper. Adopting sequential rotation technique, the proposed antenna is equipped with six helix radiation arms and fed by a microstrip line with folded shape. The whole antenna can be built on a full printed circuit board; so, it is easy to process the proposed antenna. The circularly polarized radiation mechanism of a circular array is analyzed in a new perspective to guide the design. A double-faced slot radiation structure is also established for dual-band operation. Additionally, a traveling wave feeding network suitable for the proposed antenna is presented. The experimental results show that the proposed antenna has good properties in GPS L1 and L2 bands. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The adaptive integral method (AIM) in conjunction with the asymptotic waveform evaluation (AWE) technique is presented for wide-band analysis of antennas in the presence of electrically large conducting platforms. In the AWE technique, the Padé approximation solution obtained by matching the coefficients of the Taylor series (namely, moments) is utilized to achieve fast frequency sweeping. Besides the calculation and storage of the high order frequency derivatives of impedance matrices, the AWE technique requires repeatedly solving the linear system for the moments. Thus the AIM is employed to reduce matrix storage and to accelerate all the matrix-vector multiplications in both the linear system for the moments and the iterative solver. Furthermore, a localized self-box inclusion (SBI) preconditioner is used to accelerate the solution procedure of the linear system for the moments. Finally, three numerical examples are given and discussed. The input admittance and return loss of the antennas over a given frequency band are obtained by AIM and AIM-AWE method, respectively. The good agreements show that the proposed hybrid technique can greatly reduce the computation time without loss of accuracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]