A single feed dual-band circularly polarized millimeter-wave antenna for 5G communication

Abstract

In this paper, one simple dual-band (28 and 38 GHz) circularly polarized slotted patch antenna, suitable for future millimeter wave mobile communication, is presented. The proposed monolayer circularly polarized patch antenna is considered without any 90° phase shifter and is excited by a single-feed microstrip line, which is very desirable for high gain antenna array implementation in millimeter wave band in order to compensate the link loss. From EM simulation, it has been found that the dimensions of the L-shaped slots significantly affect the performance of the antenna. The antenna has been prototyped and the measured results show that the antenna can simultaneously provide circular polarization in the two suggested millimeter-wave bands for the upcoming 5G mobile communications.