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Wideband high gain conical dielectric resonator antenna: An experimental study of superstrate and reflector
Author(s) -
Dash Sounik Kiran Kumar,
Khan Taimoor
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of rf and microwave computer‐aided engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1099-047X
pISSN - 1096-4290
DOI - 10.1002/mmce.21140
Subject(s) - wideband , reflector (photography) , optics , conical surface , ground plane , high gain antenna , antenna gain , dielectric resonator antenna , antenna (radio) , dielectric , broadside , resonator , materials science , optoelectronics , physics , radiation pattern , antenna aperture , electrical engineering , engineering , light source , composite material
A physically feasible new hybrid geometry for gain improvement with wideband characteristics is designed and validated experimentally in a conical shaped dielectric resonator antenna (DRA). It comprises of one superstrate and one reflector, with simple slot coupling technique for excitation. The reflector beneath the ground plane mainly accountable for significant gain improvement (∼109%) by reducing the back radiation, whereas the superstrate dedicates for maintaining wideband (12.65%). The demonstrated result shows S 11 < −10 dB band between 7.4 GHz and 8.4 GHz, with 11.25 dBi peak gain, which are well matched with their simulated counter parts. It also gives high co‐pol to cross‐pol difference (∼40 dB) in broadside direction. This new geometry can be eligible for X‐band applications as well can usher the DRA researchers for further innovations.