WSEAS Transactions on Communications
Print ISSN: 1109-2742, E-ISSN: 2224-2864
Volume 23, 2024
Microstrip GPS Circular Antenna for Terrestrial Transportation Systems
Authors: Ignacio Antonio Hidalgo-Garcia, Mario Reyes-Ayala, Edgar Alejandro Andrade-Gonzalez, Sandra Chavez-Sanchez, Hilario Terres-Peña, Jose Ignacio Vega-Luna, Rene Rodriguez-Rivera
Abstract: In this paper, the design, implementation, and evaluation of a microstrip circular antenna is presented and analyzed. This antenna has two resonant frequencies, which are used in the Global Positioning System (GPS). The antenna was built in a low-cost Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with a FR-4 substrate. The top layer of the PCB includes two slots in the main circular patch, which normally is used in a single carrier reception. The radiation pattern of the antenna shows a wide main lobe in the vertical axis, intending to obtain line-of-sight communication links with five or more GPS satellites.
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Keywords: Microstrip antenna, circular patch antenna, GPS, PCB, multi-band antenna, slot antenna, resonant frequency
Pages: 11-17
DOI: 10.37394/23204.2024.23.2
WSEAS Transactions on Communications, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-2742 / 2224-2864, Volume 23, 2024, Art. #2