A multiband cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna (CDRA) is reported in this Letter. Three unique features of proposed radiator are (i) modified feeding mechanism behaves both as magnetic and electric dipole (horizontal and vertical placed) and generates five different radiating modes (HEM 11δ , TM 01δ , HEM 12δ-like, HEM 12δ and HEM 11δ+1) in CDRA simultaneously, (ii) different radiating modes provide diversified radiation pattern at different frequency bands and (iii) multiband characteristics makes the proposed radiator appropriate for WLAN (5.2/5.8 GHz) and WiMAX (2.5/3.3/5.5 GHz) applications.
In this communication, two port printed Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) antenna with reduced radar cross section and low mutual coupling is designed and analyzed. Reduced mutual coupling (less than −20 dB) is achieved by placing the electromagnetic band gap structure in between the two identical ports. Frequency selective surface has been used to reduce the radar cross section (more than 30 dB reduction) of the proposed antenna design, which makes it suitable for military applications. The proposed radiating design is fabricated and measured for the purpose of validation. It resonates at 6.8 GHz supporting an impedance bandwidth of 1.03 GHz from 6.12 to 7.15 GHz. It promises a gain of 4.75 dB in the working frequency range. This radiator is suitable for military radars works in C-band.
A novel design and analysis of quarter cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna (q-CDRA) with multielement and multi-segment (MEMS) approach has been presented. The MEMS q-CDRA has been designed by splitting four identical quarters from a solid cylinder and then multi-segmentation approach has been utilized to design q-CDRA. The proposed antenna has been designed for enhancement in bandwidth as well as for high gain. For bandwidth enhancement, multi-segmentation method has been explained for the selection of dielectric constant of materials. The performance of the proposed MEMS q-CDRA has been demonstrated with design guideline of MEMS approach. To validate the antenna performance, three segments q-CDRA has been fabricated and analyzed practically. The simulated results have been in good agreement with measured one. The MEMS q-CDRA has wide impedance bandwidth (|S 11 | ≤ −10 dB) of 133.8 % with monopole-like radiation pattern. The proposed MEMS q-CDRA has been operating at TM 01δ mode with the measured gain of 6.65 dBi and minimum gain of 4.5 dBi in entire operating frequency band (5.1-13.7 GHz). The proposed MEMS q-CDRA may find appropriate applications in WiMAX and WLAN band.
A probe feed wideband multi-element dual segments quarter cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna (q-CDRA) in composite forms have been proposed. The q-CDRA has been introduced by splitting CDRA into four uniform quarters and multi-segmentation approach has been castoff for further improvement in bandwidth of q-CDRA. The dual segments q-CDRA has been designed and analyzed using theoretical analysis and Ansoft HFSS simulation software. Further the dual segment multi-element q-CDRAs in composite form have been designed. A coaxial probe has been placed at the center of the ground plane for the excitation of proposed multi-element and multi-segmented composite form of q-CDRA, which excite TM01δ mode in the proposed antenna. The input characteristics and radiation patterns of the proposed composite antennas have been studied and their results are compared with corresponding experimental results. Prototype of single, two, and four elements dual-segment composite q-CDRAs have been fabricated and input characteristics of the proposed composite antennas have been compared with each other. Four elements dual-segment composite q-CDRA has shown wide impedance bandwidth (|S11| ≤ −10 dB) of 85.13% with monopole-like radiation pattern. The peak gain of 4.85 dBi with 98.5% radiation efficiency has been achieved for dual-segment four elements composite q-CDRA. The proposed multi-element dual-segment composite q-CDRAs may find suitable applications in C and X-band with complete covering of the 5.0 GHZ wireless local area network (WLAN) and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) band.
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