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Abstract

A novel and compact microstrip-line fed printed antenna for wideband circular polarization (CP) radiation is proposed. The designed antenna utilizes a crescent-shaped substrate, rotated L-shaped monopole, and defected ground structure (DGS) to achieve a wide 3-dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth and 10-dB impedance bandwidth (ZBW) across the entire 5 GHz Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Vehicle to Everything (V2X) operational bands. As the substrate of the proposed antenna is only 0.8 mm thick, it has a very low profile of 0.014λ in terms of free space wavelength (λ) at 5.5 GHz. The proposed CP antenna exhibits overlapping 10-dB ZBW and 3-dB AR bandwidth (ARBW) of 22.05% (4.80-5.99 GHz), along with broadside far-field patterns, gain greater than 2.5 dBi and efficiency above 85%throughout the desired operating band. Therefore, it is a good candidate for WLAN and V2X communication applications.

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Dr. Jayshri Kulkarni

Prof. Chow-Yen-Desmond Sim

Dr. Ajay K. Poddar

Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde

Dr. Abdullah G. Alharbi