STACKED ANNULAR RING DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNA EXCITED BY AXISYMMETRICAL COAXIAL PROBE

被引:83
作者
SHUM, SM
LUK, KM
机构
[1] Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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10.1109/8.402212
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A stacked annular ring dielectric resonator (DR) antenna composed of commercially available dielectric resonators and excited by aai-symmetric coaxial probe is studied computationally using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, The numerical results are checked against experimental measurements, and good agreement is observed, it is demonstrated that the introduction of air-gaps between the two DR's and also between the driven DR and the ground plane can improve the impedance bandwidth of the antenna significantly. The effects of the air-gaps thickness on the return loss and the bandwidth are discussed, The far-fields are also calculated by applying the electromagnetic field equivalence principle. The antenna produces an end-fire radiation held similar to that of an electric monopole.
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