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Investigation of a high-gain and broadband circularly polarized monopole antenna for RF energyharvesting application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2022

Bikash Ranjan Behera Open the ORCID record for Bikash Ranjan Behera [Opens in a new window]  and
Sanjeev Kumar Mishra
Bikash Ranjan Behera*
Affiliation:
Advanced RF and Microwave Lab, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, International Institute of Information Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751003, India
Sanjeev Kumar Mishra
Affiliation:
Advanced RF and Microwave Lab, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, International Institute of Information Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751003, India
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Author for correspondence: Bikash Ranjan Behera, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this research article, a metasurface (MTS)-loaded high-gain and broadband circularly polarized (CP) monopole antenna is reported. The proposed antenna configuration consists of a symmetric Y-shaped radiating monopole over a partial ground plane with extended twin parasitic conducting strips (PCS) loaded with a MTS reflector. To achieve left-hand circular polarization characteristics, a metallic copper strip is utilized to short the partial ground plane with one of the twin PCS [PCS(L)]. By using the grid-slotted sub patches on a rectangular MTS a reflector of 2λfa × 1.65λfa × 0.02λfa is placed just below the monopole radiator at a height of 0.33λfa, which provides broadened impedance (IBW) and 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) responses with high gain. The proposed prototype with an volumetric dimension of 1.33λfa × 0.9λfa × 0.02λfa at fa = 5 GHz is designed and characterized. It exhibits a measured IBW of 48.45% (3.57–5.89 GHz), ARBW of 25.25% (4.21–5.42 GHz), and CP gain of > 8.35 dBic with the antenna efficiency of > 75% in the desired operating frequency bands. The obtained performances of the proposed MTS antenna confirm its suitability for RF energy harvesting application.

Keywords

Circular polarization (CP)improved radiation strengthhigh antenna gainmetasurfaces (MTS)printed monopole antennaRF energy harvesting application
Type
Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 15 , Issue 5 , June 2023 , pp. 781 - 792
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the European Microwave Association

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