Title :
Achieving high gain and large bandwidth using hybrid DR antennas to feed short horns
Author :
Nasimuddin ; Esselle, Karu
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore
Abstract :
Most high-gain antennas are narrow band and most wideband antennas have low gains. In this paper we present a low-profile antenna with a large impedance bandwidth, and high gain over the large impedance bandwidth. This is achieved by integrating a wideband hybrid DR on patch (DRoP) with a surface-mounted short horn (SMSH). Performance of antennas with two types of DRoP configurations are studied. We experimentally achieved an excellent gain, greater than 9dBi, over a very wide 2:1 VSWR bandwidth of 28%.
Keywords :
broadband antennas; dielectric resonator antennas; DRoP configurations; high-gain antennas; hybrid DR antennas; impedance bandwidth; low-profile antenna; narrow band antennas; surface-mounted short horn; wideband antennas; Antenna feeds; Aperture antennas; Aperture coupled antennas; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Dielectric resonator antennas; Horn antennas; Microstrip antennas; Surface impedance; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2007. ICEAA 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0767-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0767-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICEAA.2007.4387449
