Design of a high gain hybrid dielectric resonator antenna for millimeter-waves underground applications

Author

Agouzoul, A. ; Nedil, M. ; Coulibaly, Y. ; Denidni, T.A. ; Ben Mabrouk, I. ; Talbi, L.

Author_Institution

Abitibi-Temiscamingue & Underground Commun. Res. Lab. (LRTCS), Univ. de Quebec, Val-d´´Or, QC, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

3-8 July 2011

Firstpage

1688

Lastpage

1691

Abstract

This paper presents a new broadband and high gain dielectric resonator antenna for millimeter-wave underground communications systems. The proposed antenna is composed of a microstrip feed, a cylindrical dielectric resonator, and multiple metallic strips stacked to a superstrate. This antenna is dedicated for the 60 GHz frequency band. Results show that the antenna has great performances especially in terms of bandwidth and gain. A bandwidth of 12.69 % at the centered frequency of 59.55 GHz and a gain of 15.40 dBi over the entire band (57 GHz to 64 GHz) are obtained. A maximum gain of 16.71 dBi has been achieved at 58 GHz. This antenna provides an improvement of 10.71 dBi compared to the conventional single DRA. With these performances, this antenna is suitable for wireless underground communication systems.

Keywords

antenna feeds; broadband antennas; dielectric resonator antennas; microstrip antennas; millimetre wave antennas; underground communication; broadband antenna; cylindrical dielectric resonator; frequency 60 GHz; hybrid dielectric resonator antenna; microstrip feed; millimeter-wave underground communications; multiple metallic strips; wireless underground communication; Broadband antennas; Dielectric resonator antennas; Dielectrics; Directive antennas; Microwave antennas; Resonant frequency; dielectric resonator; high gain; millimeter-wave; superstrate;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Spokane, WA

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9562-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2011.5996630

Filename

5996630