Design and modeling of a high gain wideband circular polarized dielectric resonator antenna array Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • AbstractIn this letter, a circular polarized dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) using notched resonators excited through narrow slots is presented. To improve the gain, the slot positions were determined based on the characteristic of standing wave ratio over a short ended microstrip feeder. To enhance the bandwidth and circular polarization, three notched rectangular dielectric elements were rotated 45° with respect to the sides of the exciting slots. The DRAs are modeled as a parallel RLC component, as that will be used to determine the dielectric resonator dimensions. Antenna characteristics of the array antenna including return loss, radiation patterns, and antenna gain are presented. The size of the whole antenna structure is 40 × 45 mm2 which gives its potential use in wireless communication systems. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:1396–1399, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26860

publication date

  • 2012

number of pages

  • 3

start page

  • 1396

end page

  • 1399

volume

  • 54

issue

  • 6