Optimizing Cx Polarization Pattern for Patch Antennas

• Sep 26, 2012

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Higgler

Electrical

Dec 10, 2003

997

US

feeding the patch with four feeds helps. That'll give optimum if you build it nice and symettrically.
How much isolation do you need? Who picked a patch? I assume it's mechanically constrained.
Crossed notched antenna can get 40 dB over 3:1 bandwidth.
We get 50-70 dB regularly (tunable to 80 dB I would surmise) with a dual pole horn across more than 2:1 bandwidth.

 

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• Sep 28, 2012

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DenVo

Electrical

Jul 17, 2011

12

DE

Hi Higgler,

how would you feed the patch with 4 feeds for one polarization? At present I use 2 feeds (180° out of phase)for the V-polarization, like that:

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Regards DenVo

 

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• Sep 28, 2012

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DenVo

Electrical

Jul 17, 2011

12

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• Oct 1, 2012

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Higgler

Electrical

Dec 10, 2003

997

US

Use a feed pair North South with 180 hybrid splitter, same for east west. It keeps the current along a straighter trajectory on the patch and optimizes isolation. Why use presently two feeds 180 out of phase when you can get similar for zero degree splitter and rotate the patch 90 degrees?

 

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