An Ultra High Frequency (UHF) half-loop antenna used in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems is proposed with a planar patterned metamaterial structure of compact size. The size of the planar patterned metamaterial structure is (0.20λ*0.20λ*0.0023λ) mm. This antenna consists of two metamaterial unit cells having negative permittivity and permeability. Simulation results of input return...

Loop antennas of circumference greater than a wavelength are generally known to have a good directive radiation pattern. However, for use in UWB applications, the variation of the radiation pattern with frequency must also be taken into account. Besides a good wideband radiation pattern, the impedance bandwidth of the antenna is also very important. The quality of a transmitted and received UWB...

⎯A loop antenna for near field readers is proposed. Through periodic interdigital capacitors, the phase of the current on the loop is compensated and kept in phase. Hence, a loop with a perimeter of one wavelength at 900 MHz achieves a uniform near magnetic field distribution inside the loop. A novel method is proposed to evaluate the performance of the coplanar waveguide (CPW) to coplanar stri...

In order to track the carrier phases of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) signals in signal degraded environments, a dual antenna joint carrier tracking loop is proposed and evaluated. This proposed tracking loop processes inputs from two antennas, namely the master antenna and the slave antenna. The master antenna captures signals in open-sky environments, while the slave antenna capt...

This paper presents two methods for determining the complex antenna factor (CAF) of a shielded loop antenna for HF magnetic field measurements. A circuit model is introduced to apply the field-transferred 3-antenna method to double-loaded shielded loop antennas. In addition, a new 3-antenna method is proposed, where theoretical calculation and circuit measurement are combined. Experiments are m...

This research applied an intelligent controller for mobile satellite antenna tracking system design. The intelligent controller is with both the traditional PI and the fuzzy control methods. The antenna tracking and the stabilization loops were designed firstly according to the bandwidth and phase margin requirements. However, the performance would be degraded if the tacking loop gain is reduce...

The Active Loop Antenna Model ALA100HG is a large aperture antenna designed to provide improved performance compared to traditional active and passive antennas. The ALA100HG has two modes of operation; at Medium and Low Frequencies the antenna is a high efficiency broadband Loop; for High frequencies the antenna has a response similar to a Longwire. The ALA100HG is primarily designed to reduce ...

This research applied Proportion and Integration (PI) type fuzzy methods for mobile satellite antenna control system design. The detailed block diagram of a satellite antenna tracking system is very lousy; it is very difficult to obtain the key parameters for analyses and simulation. Thus a simplified model of antenna pitching or yawing control system is applied to speed up the design and obtai...

This paper first examines and corrects Storer’s theory of circular loop antennas, then investigates theoretically the proposed Ω-shaped loop-dipole antenna. Special emphasis is given to analysis effect higher-order terms Fourier series as a remainder on current distribution, input impedance, radiation patterns thin-wire It found that must be included in calculation distribution impedance but ca...

A planar, printed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna for slim mobile handset is presented. The dual-antenna system, comprises two symmetric antenna elements, is printed on a printed circuit board (PCB) of mobile phone. Each antenna element consists of coupled-fed loop antenna. The loop antenna is formed by a quarter wavelength (at 762MHz) meandered loop strip with end terminal short-...