• DocumentCode
    3041222
  • Title

    Higher-order modes in rectangular DRAs for gain enhancement

  • Author

    Petosa, Aldo ; Thirakoune, Soulideth ; Ittipiboon, Apisak

  • Author_Institution
    Commun. Res. Centre Canada, Ottawa, ON
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    15-18 Feb. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The use of higher-order modes of a rectangular dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) are investigated for increasing directivity. Using the TEx delta15 mode, a directivity of almost 11 dB has been simulated for a DRA operating at 10.6 GHz.
  • Keywords
    dielectric resonator antennas; microstrip antennas; dielectric resonator antenna; frequency 10.6 GHz; gain enhancement; higher-order modes; rectangular DRA; Antennas and propagation; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Dielectric resonator antennas; Electromagnetic waveguides; Finite difference methods; Predictive models; Rectangular waveguides; Resonant frequency; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Science Meeting, 2009. ANTEM/URSI 2009. 13th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Toronto, ON
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2979-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2980-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ANTEMURSI.2009.4805098
  • Filename
    4805098