Single ACPW‐Fed Dual‐/Tri‐Band Dual Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antenna for Improvised Explosive Device Detection.
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| Title: | Single ACPW‐Fed Dual‐/Tri‐Band Dual Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antenna for Improvised Explosive Device Detection. |
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| Authors: | Koudjou, Jaures Anou1 (AUTHOR), Singh, Ghanshyam2 (AUTHOR), Mbinack, Clement1 (AUTHOR) mbinack_c@yahoo.fr, Atangana, Jacques1 (AUTHOR), Hazra, Arpan (AUTHOR) dedeepali@wiley.com |
| Source: | Journal of Electrical & Computer Engineering. 1/2/2026, Vol. 2025, p1-25. 25p. |
| Subjects: | Explosives detection, Circular polarization, Resonance, Antenna design, Microstrip antennas, Antennas (Electronics) |
| Abstract: | A compact single asymmetric coplanar waveguide feed (ACPW‐fed) dual circularly polarized microstrip antenna that operates at 1.8, 3.9, and 5.2 GHz in the entire operating frequency band 600 MHz–6 GHz for the radar detection of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) carried by a person is introduced. The proposed novel quasi‐omnidirectional antenna consists of single sided rectangular ring microstrip patch antenna. L‐shaped slots are etched at the two opposite corners of the rectangular ring, introducing new resonance and circular polarization waves at the mid and upper bands, respectively. The achieved dual half‐rectangular ring patch antenna (DHRR‐patch) is loaded with strips of various shapes delicately placed at the center of the radiator, providing new resonance at the upper band and the improvement of the CP features. The matching technique designed based on CPW 50 Ω microstrip transmission line combined with the dual broad band matching techniques through quarter‐wave transformer in conjunction with open stubs and distributed lumped element method constitutes the novelty of the study. Based on quasi‐TEMmn (q‐TEMmn) mode, ACPW‐fed and CP‐slots are employed to generate CP radiations at the q‐TEM11 and q‐TEM21 modes, respectively, while the ground plane width is optimized to enhance axial ratio bandwidth (AR‐BW). Input impedance and radiation pattern calculations of the conventional structure using transmission line and cavity model‐based q‐TEM01 mode are conducted, respectively. Numerical experiments of the studied monolayer antenna are carried out using Advanced Design System (ADS) Version 2009 environment software employing internal one‐port option to excite the antenna. The prototype of the proposed antenna with a compact dimension (0.27λg × 0.38λg × 0.02λg at 1.8 GHz where λg is the guided wavelength of the q‐TEM01 mode) is fabricated on high loss laminate FR4 substrate of volume 43 × 38 × 1.6 (mm3) and relative dielectric constant of 4.4 with simple laboratory‐based traditional printed circuit board (PCB) etching process. Measurement results show a fractional impedance bandwidth (FIBW) of 11.1%, 5.9%, and 7.1%, axial ratio (AR) of 4.6, 2.2, and 0.5 dB, and peak gain of 3.7, 4.7, and 6.1 dBic at 1.8, 4.0, and 5.2 GHz, respectively, demonstrating its suitability for IED detection applications. To verify the efficiency of the proposed model, measured results are compared with the simulated results and good agreement has been established. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | A compact single asymmetric coplanar waveguide feed (ACPW‐fed) dual circularly polarized microstrip antenna that operates at 1.8, 3.9, and 5.2 GHz in the entire operating frequency band 600 MHz–6 GHz for the radar detection of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) carried by a person is introduced. The proposed novel quasi‐omnidirectional antenna consists of single sided rectangular ring microstrip patch antenna. L‐shaped slots are etched at the two opposite corners of the rectangular ring, introducing new resonance and circular polarization waves at the mid and upper bands, respectively. The achieved dual half‐rectangular ring patch antenna (DHRR‐patch) is loaded with strips of various shapes delicately placed at the center of the radiator, providing new resonance at the upper band and the improvement of the CP features. The matching technique designed based on CPW 50 Ω microstrip transmission line combined with the dual broad band matching techniques through quarter‐wave transformer in conjunction with open stubs and distributed lumped element method constitutes the novelty of the study. Based on quasi‐TEMmn (q‐TEMmn) mode, ACPW‐fed and CP‐slots are employed to generate CP radiations at the q‐TEM11 and q‐TEM21 modes, respectively, while the ground plane width is optimized to enhance axial ratio bandwidth (AR‐BW). Input impedance and radiation pattern calculations of the conventional structure using transmission line and cavity model‐based q‐TEM01 mode are conducted, respectively. Numerical experiments of the studied monolayer antenna are carried out using Advanced Design System (ADS) Version 2009 environment software employing internal one‐port option to excite the antenna. The prototype of the proposed antenna with a compact dimension (0.27λg × 0.38λg × 0.02λg at 1.8 GHz where λg is the guided wavelength of the q‐TEM01 mode) is fabricated on high loss laminate FR4 substrate of volume 43 × 38 × 1.6 (mm3) and relative dielectric constant of 4.4 with simple laboratory‐based traditional printed circuit board (PCB) etching process. Measurement results show a fractional impedance bandwidth (FIBW) of 11.1%, 5.9%, and 7.1%, axial ratio (AR) of 4.6, 2.2, and 0.5 dB, and peak gain of 3.7, 4.7, and 6.1 dBic at 1.8, 4.0, and 5.2 GHz, respectively, demonstrating its suitability for IED detection applications. To verify the efficiency of the proposed model, measured results are compared with the simulated results and good agreement has been established. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 20900147 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/jece/8894398 |
