Design of a Compact 4-Element GNSS Antenna Array With High Isolation Using a Defected Ground Structure (DGS) and a Microwave Absorber

This work presents a compact (125 mm diameter) wideband 4-element antenna array with a high isolation level for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) applications. The array consists of four right hand circularly polarized (RHCP) single feed rectangular patch antennas that can cover BeiDou B1 ba...

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Main Authors: Abdullah Madni, Wasif Tanveer Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
Series:IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10194311/
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description This work presents a compact (125 mm diameter) wideband 4-element antenna array with a high isolation level for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) applications. The array consists of four right hand circularly polarized (RHCP) single feed rectangular patch antennas that can cover BeiDou B1 band (1561.098 MHz), GPS L1 band (1575.42 MHz), Galileo E1 band (1575.42 MHz) and GLONASS G1 band (1602 MHz) of the GNSS upper L-band (1559 - 1610 MHz). The proposed array has a wide frequency bandwidth of 80 MHz with an axial ratio of less than 3 dB. The patch elements are designed on a substrate which has a high dielectric constant to achieve a compact size. A novel defected ground structure (DGS) has been introduced in the ground plane along with a MT-30 microwave absorber on the top of the array to achieve a high isolation of more than 25 dB in the entire band of interest. The proposed design has a radiation efficiency of more than 58.8% and a peak gain of 6 dBi.
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spelling doaj.art-3c13cb2dc7cb43fda2ee958b19ee76432023-08-15T23:01:40ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation2637-64312023-01-01477979110.1109/OJAP.2023.329877310194311Design of a Compact 4-Element GNSS Antenna Array With High Isolation Using a Defected Ground Structure (DGS) and a Microwave AbsorberAbdullah Madni0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3998-3660Wasif Tanveer Khan1Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, PakistanSyed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, PakistanThis work presents a compact (125 mm diameter) wideband 4-element antenna array with a high isolation level for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) applications. The array consists of four right hand circularly polarized (RHCP) single feed rectangular patch antennas that can cover BeiDou B1 band (1561.098 MHz), GPS L1 band (1575.42 MHz), Galileo E1 band (1575.42 MHz) and GLONASS G1 band (1602 MHz) of the GNSS upper L-band (1559 - 1610 MHz). The proposed array has a wide frequency bandwidth of 80 MHz with an axial ratio of less than 3 dB. The patch elements are designed on a substrate which has a high dielectric constant to achieve a compact size. A novel defected ground structure (DGS) has been introduced in the ground plane along with a MT-30 microwave absorber on the top of the array to achieve a high isolation of more than 25 dB in the entire band of interest. The proposed design has a radiation efficiency of more than 58.8% and a peak gain of 6 dBi.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10194311/Antenna arraycircularly polarizedglobal navigation satellite systemhigh isolation
spellingShingle Abdullah Madni
Wasif Tanveer Khan
Design of a Compact 4-Element GNSS Antenna Array With High Isolation Using a Defected Ground Structure (DGS) and a Microwave Absorber
IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Antenna array
circularly polarized
global navigation satellite system
high isolation
title Design of a Compact 4-Element GNSS Antenna Array With High Isolation Using a Defected Ground Structure (DGS) and a Microwave Absorber
title_full Design of a Compact 4-Element GNSS Antenna Array With High Isolation Using a Defected Ground Structure (DGS) and a Microwave Absorber
title_fullStr Design of a Compact 4-Element GNSS Antenna Array With High Isolation Using a Defected Ground Structure (DGS) and a Microwave Absorber
title_full_unstemmed Design of a Compact 4-Element GNSS Antenna Array With High Isolation Using a Defected Ground Structure (DGS) and a Microwave Absorber
title_short Design of a Compact 4-Element GNSS Antenna Array With High Isolation Using a Defected Ground Structure (DGS) and a Microwave Absorber
title_sort design of a compact 4 element gnss antenna array with high isolation using a defected ground structure dgs and a microwave absorber
topic Antenna array
circularly polarized
global navigation satellite system
high isolation
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10194311/
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