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Abstract

Based on a construction of concentric deformed annular slots with a stepped microstrip feed line, two designs of dual-band dual-sense circularly polarized slot antenna are proposed in this paper. Compared with the first antenna, the second design possesses the merits of simple structure by devising a twin-slot with less adjusted parameters to achieve the same satisfactory output responses. The results from simulations and measurements demonstrate that both of the antennas have good quality of impedance matching and dual-sense circular polarization at 1.6 GHz and 2.5 GHz.

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Dr. Zhen-Ya Lei

Dr. Jiawei Zhang

Dr. Rui Yang

Dr. Xin Liu

Dr. Lei Chen

Dr. Xianghui Kong