Dual circularly polarized loop antenna using a pair of resonant even-modes

Conceptual design of dual circularly polarized (CP) square loop antennas using a pair of resonant even-modes for wireless sensor application is presented. A pair of even-modes is simultaneously excited within a single, nonuniform square loop element and employed to realize a dual circular polarization characteristic. When the natural boundary conditions of the even-modes and the feed lines are matched, respectively, a bidirectional dual CP loop antenna can be attained at first. Then, a unidirectional dual CP loop antenna is designed by introducing a simple metallic reflector. Both bidirectional and unidirectional designs exhibit dual CP performance with available operation bandwidth of 10.0% and 8.5%. The design approach is expected to get applications in dual CP antenna designs for wireless sensor systems.