Author(s)

Daoyu Wang, Min Wang^*, Nuo Xu, Wen Wu

JGMT Ministerial Key Laboratory, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.

An improved measurement method of circularly-polarized (CP) antennas based on linear-component amplitudes is proposed in this paper. By utilizing two sets of orthogonal linear polarization (LP) amplitudes, measurement on axial ratio (AR) of CP antennas can be realized without phase information. However, the rotation sense of the co-polarization cannot be determined due to the absence of the phase information. Above problem is discussed here for the first time, and a solution is presented to determine the rotation sense of the co-polarization by using common auxiliary CP antennas. In addition, there will be some particular cases with large errors in actual measurement. Here a corresponding solution method is given. Finally, co-polarization and cross-polarization patterns can be further obtained from AR results. To verify this improved method, a self-developed CP microstrip array was measured. The measured results are in agreement with the simulated results, which prove this method is correct, effective and practical.

Circularly-Polarized Antenna, Measurement Method, Linear-Component Amplitudes, Measurement Improvement

Wang, D. , Wang, M. , Xu, N. and Wu, W. (2017) Improved Measurement Method of Circularly-Polarized Antennas Based on Linear-Component Amplitudes. Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 5, 36-45. doi: 10.4236/ojapr.2017.51004.