Research Article
Analysis of Circular Polarization of Cylindrically Bent Microstrip Antennas
Table 1
Simulated effects of bending LP patch antennas. “+” indicates a strong effect.
| | H-plane bending | E-plane bending |
| Input impedance | Decreases | Increases | Resonant frequency | Constant | Increases | H-plane beamwidth | Increases+ | Constant | E-plane beamwidth | Increases | Increases | H-plane phase center | Backward | Forward | E-plane phase center | Backward | Backward+ | Cross-polarization | No change | No change |
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