Wideband Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna Operating in HEM11δ Mode with Improved Gain: A Study of Superstrate and Reflector Plane

A wideband and high gain dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) operating in hybrid HEM11δ mode is proposed. The investigated geometry employs one cylindrical dielectric resonator partially covered with a transparent dielectric superstrate and backed up by a single side metal coated dielectric reflector...

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Main Authors: Sounik Kiran Kumar Dash, Taimoor Khan, Binod Kumar Kanaujia, N. Nasimuddin
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2414619
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Binod Kumar Kanaujia
N. Nasimuddin
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description A wideband and high gain dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) operating in hybrid HEM11δ mode is proposed. The investigated geometry employs one cylindrical dielectric resonator partially covered with a transparent dielectric superstrate and backed up by a single side metal coated dielectric reflector plane. The reflector is dedicated for gain enhancement while the superstrate is employed for merging of two resonant bands resulting in a single wide band. The dielectric resonator is excited by simple microstrip feed slot coupling technique and operates over X-band, ranging from 7.12 GHz to 8.29 GHz, that is, of 15.18% impedance matching bandwidth with 11.34 dBi peak gain. The different development stages like standalone DRA, DRA with superstrate, DRA with reflector, and DRA with both superstrate and reflector plane with respect to bandwidth and gain performances are analyzed properly. To the best of authors’ knowledge, this is the first time this type of combination of both superstrate and reflector plane is demonstrated in DRA engineering. An antenna prototype was fabricated and characterized and a very good agreement is achieved between the simulated and measured results.
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spelling doaj-art-462a05c80e3f4dd483684e945560fdd22025-08-20T02:37:49ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772017-01-01201710.1155/2017/24146192414619Wideband Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna Operating in HEM11δ Mode with Improved Gain: A Study of Superstrate and Reflector PlaneSounik Kiran Kumar Dash0Taimoor Khan1Binod Kumar Kanaujia2N. Nasimuddin3Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, IndiaDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, IndiaSchool of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, IndiaInstitute for Infocomm Research, SingaporeA wideband and high gain dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) operating in hybrid HEM11δ mode is proposed. The investigated geometry employs one cylindrical dielectric resonator partially covered with a transparent dielectric superstrate and backed up by a single side metal coated dielectric reflector plane. The reflector is dedicated for gain enhancement while the superstrate is employed for merging of two resonant bands resulting in a single wide band. The dielectric resonator is excited by simple microstrip feed slot coupling technique and operates over X-band, ranging from 7.12 GHz to 8.29 GHz, that is, of 15.18% impedance matching bandwidth with 11.34 dBi peak gain. The different development stages like standalone DRA, DRA with superstrate, DRA with reflector, and DRA with both superstrate and reflector plane with respect to bandwidth and gain performances are analyzed properly. To the best of authors’ knowledge, this is the first time this type of combination of both superstrate and reflector plane is demonstrated in DRA engineering. An antenna prototype was fabricated and characterized and a very good agreement is achieved between the simulated and measured results.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2414619
spellingShingle Sounik Kiran Kumar Dash
Taimoor Khan
Binod Kumar Kanaujia
N. Nasimuddin
Wideband Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna Operating in HEM11δ Mode with Improved Gain: A Study of Superstrate and Reflector Plane
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
title Wideband Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna Operating in HEM11δ Mode with Improved Gain: A Study of Superstrate and Reflector Plane
title_full Wideband Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna Operating in HEM11δ Mode with Improved Gain: A Study of Superstrate and Reflector Plane
title_fullStr Wideband Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna Operating in HEM11δ Mode with Improved Gain: A Study of Superstrate and Reflector Plane
title_full_unstemmed Wideband Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna Operating in HEM11δ Mode with Improved Gain: A Study of Superstrate and Reflector Plane
title_short Wideband Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna Operating in HEM11δ Mode with Improved Gain: A Study of Superstrate and Reflector Plane
title_sort wideband cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna operating in hem11δ mode with improved gain a study of superstrate and reflector plane
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2414619
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