Title :
The effect of the ground plane shape on the characteristics of rectangular dielectric resonator antennas
Author :
El-Deen, Emad ; Zainud-Deen, S.H. ; Sharshar, H.A. ; Binyamin, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electron. Eng., Menoufya Univ.
Abstract :
In this paper, the radiation pattern and input impedance of the strip-fed rectangular DRA are computed numerically using the FDTD. Different ground plane shapes are considered. The flat PEC ground plane is replaced with corrugated ground planes, and M-EBG ground plane. The analysis illustrates that the corrugated ground planes and the M-EBG ground planes contribute to reduction in the backward radiation
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; dielectric resonator antennas; finite difference time-domain analysis; FDTD; M-EBG ground plane; backward radiation reduction; corrugated ground planes; flat PEC ground plane; ground plane shape; input impedance; radiation pattern; rectangular dielectric resonator antennas; strip-fed rectangular DRA; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Dielectric resonator antennas; Finite difference methods; Impedance; Magnetic resonance; Microstrip antennas; Pulse modulation; Shape; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1711242
