Research Article
Beamwidth-Enhanced Low-Profile Dual-Band Circular Polarized Patch Antenna for CNSS Applications
Table 2
Comparisons between our design and previous dual-band CP antennas.
| Antenna | Overall size () | Impedance bandwidth (%) | 3 dB AR bandwidth (%) | HPBWa |
| Ref. [9] | 0.483 × 0.483 × 0.015 | 2.3 | 0.62 | 100° | 3.1 | 0.69 | 114° |
| Ref. [10] | 0.524 × 0.524 × 0.224 | ≥10 | ≥10 | 135° | ≥10 | ≥10 | 112° |
| Ref. [11] | 0.211 × 0.211 × 0.057 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 120° | 6.1 | 2.6 | 116° |
| Ref. [12] | 0.573 × 0.573 × 0.296 | 46.3 | 13.0 | 103° | 30.2 | 111° |
| Ref. [13] | 0.368 × 0.368 × 0.105 | 6.5 | Not given | 108° | 8.2 | Not given | 107° |
| Ref. [14] | 0.38 × 0.38 × 0.024 | 9.1 | 1.5 | <60° | 5.1 | 1.1 | <60° |
| This work | 0.523 × 0.523 × 0.018 | 32.7 | 4.1 | 103° | 6.5 | 113° |
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λ0 is the wavelength in air at the lower center frequency. aThe lower value in the xoz and yoz planes.
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