CIRCULARLY POLARISED MICROWAVE RADIATING ELEMENT AND FLAT MICROWAVE ANTENNA USING AN ARRAY OF SUCH ELEMENTS

摘要

An antenna element for coupling circularly-polarized radiation to a feedline. The element includes a pair of superposed planar dielectric layers. An outer surface of each layer is covered with an electrically-conductive layer forming a ground plane and having a circular opening defining respective cavities. Orthogonally-crossed dipoles are disposed between the dielectric layers and adjacent the openings for coupling radiation to the feedline through striplines also disposed between the dielectric layers.