Title :
Excitation of CP aperture-coupled dielectric resonator antenna with a parasitic patch
Author :
Ng, H.K. ; Leung, K.W.
Author_Institution :
Wireless Commun. Res. Centre, City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China
Abstract :
Excitation of the circularly polarized (CP) aperture-coupled hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) using a parasitic patch is studied. The analysis consists of two parts, namely the DRA with a parasitic patch and the microstrip feed line. In this paper, theoretical results on the return loss and radiation field pattern are presented.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; dielectric resonators; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microwave antennas; DRA; aperture-coupled hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna; circularly polarized dielectric resonator antenna; microstrip feed line; parasitic patch; radiation pattern; return loss; Aperture antennas; Dielectric constant; Dielectric materials; Dielectric resonator antennas; Feeds; Finite difference methods; Microstrip components; Optical polarization; Time domain analysis; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2001. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7070-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2001.959433