Electronically Frequency-Reconfigurable Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antennas

被引：43
作者：
Desjardins, J. [1 ]
McNamara, D. A. [1 ]
Thirakoune, S. [2 ]
Petosa, A. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Ottawa, EECS, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
[2] Commun Res Ctr, Ottawa, ON K2H 8S2, Canada
来源：
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION | 2012年 / 60卷 / 06期
关键词：
Dielectric resonator antennas; reconfigurable; SLOT ANTENNA; VARACTOR; PIFA;
D O I：
10.1109/TAP.2012.2194664
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
The full implementation of a slot-fed frequency-reconfigurable rectangular dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is described. It uses two conducting walls, on opposite vertical faces of the DRA, which are switched via conducting tabs to be in contact or not with the groundplane. Theoretical and experimental performance results for such DRAs, using either PIN or varactor diode switches, are described, where prototypes were designed to operate between 3-8 GHz. The PIN diode-loaded and varactor-loaded DRAs achieved a tuning range of 91% and 55%, respectively, with other performance metrics detailed in the communication.
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页码：2997 / 3002
页数：7
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