Optically transparent broadband water antenna | Zendy

Hua Changzhou | Zendy; Yang Nan | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Premium

Optically transparent broadband water antenna

Author(s) -

Hua Changzhou,

Yang Nan

Publication year - 2018

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.21219

Subject(s) - dielectric resonator antenna , materials science , optoelectronics , ground plane , antenna efficiency , optics , broadband , coaxial antenna , antenna (radio) , monopole antenna , dielectric , microstrip antenna , physics , electrical engineering , engineering

In this article, we investigate an optically transparent broadband water antenna, which is composed of a cross‐shaped slot feeding structure and a thin layer of water supported by a transparent dielectric slab. This water antenna can be analyzed as an embedded stacked dielectric resonator (DR) antenna (DRA) mounted on a ground plane. Two distinct resonator modes—namely, DRA mode and dielectric‐loaded slot (DLS) mode—are excited to achieve a good impendence matching over a very wide frequency range. A prototype antenna is designed, fabricated, and measured. Measured results demonstrate that the designed water antenna exhibits a broad impedance bandwidth of about 37% from 1.07 to 1.56 GHz with antenna efficiency better than 65% and broadside radiation characteristics with low cross‐polarizations.

This content is not available in your region!

Continue researching here.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research