Title :
Aperture coupled wideband dielectric resonator antenna array with polarization reconfiguration
Author :
Kumari, Runa ; Behera, S.K. ; Sharma, Satish K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, India
Abstract :
Four elements aperture coupled cylindrical shaped Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) circular array is proposed for generating reconfigurable polarization radiation patterns. In this array, all the elements are sequentially fed to generate circular polarization. The linear and circular polarizations of the DRA array are achieved by exciting the elements in different arrangements. The antenna provides wideband impedance matching (S11 ≤ -10 dB) of 39% (2.7 to 4 GHz) which covers RADAR band (2.7-2.9 GHz) and LTE bands (FDD 22 (3.41-3.59 GHz), TDD 42(3.4-3.6 GHz), TDD 43 (3.6-3.8 GHz)) for both linear and circular polarization radiation patterns.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; aperture antennas; broadband antennas; dielectric resonator antennas; microwave antenna arrays; DRA circular antenna array; LTE bands; TDD 42; TDD 43; aperture coupled cylindrical wideband dielectric resonator antenna array; circular polarization radiation patterns; frequency 2.7 GHz to 4 GHz; linear polarization radiation patterns; polarization reconfiguration; radar band; reconfigurable polarization radiation patterns; wideband impedance matching; Antenna radiation patterns; Apertures; Arrays; Dielectric resonator antennas; Dielectrics; Directive antennas; Polarization; Dielectric Resonator Antenna; aperture coupling; reconfigurable polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bhubaneswar
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3266-5
DOI :
10.1109/AEMC.2013.7045056