A crossed dipole that is loaded with a magneto-electric dipole to produce the wideband and wide-beam circularly polarized radiation characteristics is proposed. The crossed dipole is incorporated with double-printed vacant-quarter rings to feed the antenna. The antenna is backed by a metallic cavity to provide a unidirectional radiation pattern with a wide axial-ratio (AR) beamwidth and a high front-to-back ratio. Experimental results showed that the prototype with an overall size of mm has a dB bandwidth of 1.274-2.360 GHz and a 3-dB AR bandwidth of 1.39-1.82 GHz. The antenna showed a right-hand circular polarization (CP) radiation with a very wide 3-dB AR beamwidth ( ) and a high radiation efficiency ( ) within the operational bandwidth.
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