Broadband U-shaped water antenna for DVB-H applications

Author

Lei Xing ; Yi Huang ; Yaochun Shen ; Al Ja´afreh, Saqer ; Qian Xu ; Alrawashdeh, Rula

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 July 2014

Firstpage

1930

Lastpage

1931

Abstract

In this paper, a low profile, broadband, dielectric resonant antenna (DRA) with a U-shaped water layer is presented for DVB-H (470 - 862 MHz) mobile applications. The U-shaped water layer is used as a radiator to reduce the antenna size. The proposed antenna has a -6 dB impedance bandwidth from 461 to 1019 MHz, or a fractional bandwidth of 75%, and about 1.5 dBi gain covering the whole DVB-H band. The computer simulation is conducted to quantify and validate the antenna performance. It is demonstrated that this novel antenna is an excellent candidate for DVB-H applications.

Keywords

broadband antennas; digital video broadcasting; water; DVB-H; U-shaped water layer; bandwidth 461 MHz to 1019 MHz; broadband antenna; computer simulation; dielectric resonant antenna; frequency 470 MHz to 862 MHz; radiator; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Dielectric resonator antennas; Digital video broadcasting; DVB-H; broadband antenna; dielectric resonant antenna; water antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Memphis, TN

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3538-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2014.6905292

Filename

6905292