Term of Award
Summer 2019
Degree Name
Master of Science, Electrical Engineering
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Committee Chair
Sungkyun Lim
Committee Member 1
Omid Semiari
Committee Member 2
Fernando Rios-Gutierrez
Abstract
To reduce polarization mismatch loss found in linearly polarized antennas there is a need to implement circularly polarized antennas. In this thesis, the impedance and axial ratio bandwidths of circularly polarized antennas are increased which increases the effectiveness of the antenna by eliminating the need for multiple antennas to cover the same bandwidth. In this thesis a comprehensive background on antenna parameters is conducted to show losses in the antenna design and propagation path between receiver and transmitter antennas. A novel wideband, circularly polarized, bow-tie antenna and a frequency reconfigurable, electrically small, circular polarized antenna are presented in this thesis along with a 60 GHz propagation effect study in indoor environments.
OCLC Number
1112110070
Catalog Permalink
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Recommended Citation
Rice, Dylan B., "Bandwidth Enhancement of Circularly Polarized Antennas and Propagation Effects" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1949.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1949
Research Data and Supplementary Material
No
