A Novel Approach to Enhance the Bandwidth of Miniaturized Microstrip-fed Dielectric Resonator Antennas
Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EuCAP 2009
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Rashidian, Atabak; Klymyshyn, David M. (Telecommunication Research Labs (TRLabs), 111, 116 Research Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3R3 Canada)
Rashidian, Atabak; Klymyshyn, David M. (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9 Canada)
Abstract:
This paper presents the concept and implementation of microstrip-fed, miniaturized broadband dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs). Miniaturization and the possibility of utilizing microstrip line as a feed are achieved by the high permittivity of the resonator; wideband operation is attained by merging the resonances of two appropriate modes of DRA. The approach enforces stable radiation patterns as well as low cross polarization levels over the entire bandwidth.