AEROSPACE SHANGHAI, Volume. 41, Issue 3, 187(2024)
Dual-broadband Linear-to-circular Polarizer Based on Antenna-filter-Antenna Unit Cell Structure
Linear-to-circular polarizers can play an important role in the antenna systems for satellite communications.In view of the requirements of K/Ka-band satellite communications,in this paper,a dual-broadband linear-to-circular polarizer is proposed,in which the antenna-filter-antenna (AFA) structure is adopted and the dual-band receiving and transmitting antennas are independent.In particular,the working bandwidth can be expanded by stacking the patches,resulting in a unit cell size of 0.4λK×0.37λK×0.27λK.With the polarizer,an incident x-polarized wave can be converted into a right-hand circular-polarized (RHCP) wave at the K-band,whereas an incident y-polarized wave can be converted into a left-hand circular-polarized (LHCP) wave at the Ka-band.A polarizer prototype is fabricated and tested.The measured results indicate that the operating bandwidth of the polarizer is 9.8% (18.3~20.2 GHz) and 7.8% (28.5~30.82 GHz) within the incidence angle ranging from 0° to 25°.
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Yiwen LU, Xuanfeng TONG, Weimin ZENG, Xiaoma XUE, Rui AN, Zhihao JIANG. Dual-broadband Linear-to-circular Polarizer Based on Antenna-filter-Antenna Unit Cell Structure[J]. AEROSPACE SHANGHAI, 2024, 41(3): 187
Category: Innovation and Exploration
Received: Sep. 25, 2023
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Published Online: Sep. 3, 2024
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