Compact Lightweight Circularly Polarized Huygens Antenna for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Applications

Chutong Zhou; Nan Yang; Kai Lu; Bin Ren; Kwok Wa Leung

doi:10.1109/CSRSWTC67757.2025.11384272

Compact Lightweight Circularly Polarized Huygens Antenna for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Applications

Chutong Zhou
, Nan Yang
, Kai Lu
, Bin Ren
, Kwok Wa Leung

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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A lightweight compact electrically small circularly polarized Huygens antenna is presented in this paper. Two pairs of resonant parasitic elements are employed, where each pair consists of an arrow dipole and a loop, behaving as an electric dipole and a magnetic dipole, respectively. With orthogonal arrangement and equal-amplitude, in-phase excitation, a Huygens source can be realized. Pairs are excited by an unbalanced crossed-dipole feed, and a 90° phase difference is applied between the two pairs to realize circular polarization. To verify the idea, an electrically small antenna (ka = 0.70) was designed to operate in the L1 band of the global navigation satellite system at 1575 MHz. Its profile is only 0.024 λ₀, and the total weight is 1.8 g. © 2025 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2025 Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSRSWTC 2025)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331577117
ISBN (Print)	9798331577124
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CSRSWTC67757.2025.11384272
Publication status	Published - Nov 2025
Event	2025 Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSRSWTC 2025) - Guangzhou, China Duration: 14 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025 https://www.myconf.com.cn/CSRSWTC2025/home

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Name	Proceedings - Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference, CSRSWTC
ISSN (Print)	2378-1297
ISSN (Electronic)	2377-8512

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Conference	2025 Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSRSWTC 2025)
Place	China
City	Guangzhou
Period	14/11/25 → 16/11/25
Internet address	https://www.myconf.com.cn/CSRSWTC2025/home

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Circular Polarization (CP)
Huygens source
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

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Zhou, C., Yang, N., Lu, K., Ren, B., & Leung, K. W. (2025). Compact Lightweight Circularly Polarized Huygens Antenna for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Applications. In Proceedings - 2025 Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSRSWTC 2025) (Proceedings - Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference, CSRSWTC). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSRSWTC67757.2025.11384272

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Zhou, C, Yang, N, Lu, K, Ren, B & Leung, KW 2025, Compact Lightweight Circularly Polarized Huygens Antenna for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Applications. in Proceedings - 2025 Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSRSWTC 2025). Proceedings - Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference, CSRSWTC, IEEE, 2025 Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSRSWTC 2025), Guangzhou, China, 14/11/25. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSRSWTC67757.2025.11384272

Compact Lightweight Circularly Polarized Huygens Antenna for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Applications. / Zhou, Chutong; Yang, Nan; Lu, Kai et al.
Proceedings - 2025 Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSRSWTC 2025). IEEE, 2025. (Proceedings - Cross Strait Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference, CSRSWTC).

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