• High Power Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 35, Issue 10, 103002 (2023)
Daibo Yao, Xuan Yang, and Qinggong Guo*
Author Affiliations
  • College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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    DOI: 10.11884/HPLPB202335.230224 Cite this Article
    Daibo Yao, Xuan Yang, Qinggong Guo. Design of C/X dual band and dual circularly polarized shared-aperture microstrip antenna[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35(10): 103002 Copy Citation Text show less
    C-band antenna element
    Fig. 1. C-band antenna element
    X-band antenna element
    Fig. 2. X-band antenna element
    Structure of antenna array
    Fig. 3. Structure of antenna array
    Feed network of the antenna
    Fig. 4. Feed network of the antenna
    Antenna and test environment
    Fig. 5. Antenna and test environment
    Simulated and measured S-parameter
    Fig. 6. Simulated and measured S-parameter
    Simulated and measured axial ratio
    Fig. 7. Simulated and measured axial ratio
    Radiation pattern at 5.4 GHz of C-band
    Fig. 8. Radiation pattern at 5.4 GHz of C-band
    Radiation pattern at 9.4 GHz of X-band
    Fig. 9. Radiation pattern at 9.4 GHz of X-band
    Lr1Lr2Lr3Lp1Lp2Lp3Lb1Lb2Lf
    6.48.6115.98.110.57.15.68.5
    Wr1Wr2Wr3Wp1Wp2Wp3dycRcRv
    3.42.822.82.61.815.20.61
    WW1LsWsLxWxRs
    1.10.3640.41.610.50.2
    Table 1. Dimensions of C/X band antenna element (mm)
    h1h2h3h4h5h6h7h8LsdcdX
    0.51.50.5120.520.51004023
    Table 2. Dimensions of antenna array (mm)
    antennasbandspolarizationimpedance bandwidth/%3 dB AR bandwidth/%gain/dBiaperture efficiency/%size/λ0
    Ref [8] X/KuRHCP/LHCP8.3/18.914.2/14.917.5/18.352.2/31.82.25×2.25×0.02
    Ref [9] C/XLHCP/RHCP21.0/21.213.2/12.814.5/17.559.4/55.61.83×1.83×0.08
    Ref [10] S/CRHCP/LHCP20.4/12.616.6/5.71.9/1.30.30×0.30×0.01
    this workC/XLHCP/RHCP; LHCP/RHCP 23.3/25.9; 28.6/28.7 17.7/19.0; 19.8/18.7 13.7/13.7; 12.3/12.9 57.6/57.6; 45.5/52.2 1.62×1.62×0.14
    Table 3. Comparison with other dual-band dual circularly polarized antennas
    Daibo Yao, Xuan Yang, Qinggong Guo. Design of C/X dual band and dual circularly polarized shared-aperture microstrip antenna[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35(10): 103002
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