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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2001
Arun Bhattacharyya, El Segundo, CA (US);
Alan Cha, Glendale, CA (US);
James McKay, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A patch antenna is disclosed having four ports for circular polarization that suppress the TM-02 mode, resulting in a radiation pattern that is symmetric. The axial ratio performance is consequently superior to that of two-port patch antennas. A four-port patch antenna includes a patch made of an electrically conductive material, a patch substrate coupled to the patch wherein the patch substrate is made of a dielectric material, a ground plane coupled to the patch substrate wherein the ground plane is made of an electrically conductive material having at least four slots formed therein, a feed substrate coupled to the ground plane wherein the feed substrate is made of a dielectric material, and a hybrid network coupled to the feed substrate that includes a right hand circularly polarized port, a left hand circularly polarized port, and two matched terminated ports.