Analysis of spherical annular microstrip antennas

The spherical annular microstrip antenna is analyzed. The antenna is excited by a coaxial line. The general transmission line model (GTLM) is used to compute the input impedance. The radiating TM₁₂ mode is considered because of its wide band. The effect of the other radiating modes and the nonradiating modes on the TM₁₂ mode is investigated. The effect of different parameters on the input impedance is considered. The radiation patterns are computed using the method of moments     

Theory and experiment of a coaxial probe fed hemisphericaldielectric resonator antenna

A hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna fed by a coaxial probe is studied both theoretically and experimentally. The Green's function for the evaluation of the input impedance is derived rigorously and expressed in a form convenient for numerical computations. The method of moments is used to obtain the probe current from which the input impedance of the DR antenna is calculated. Both delta gap and magnetic frill source models are considered. Moreover, the results using a reduced kernel as well as the exact kernel are presented. Both entire basis (EB) and piecewise sinusoidal (PWS) expansion modes are used and the results are compared. The effects of the probe length, feed position, and dielectric constant on the input impedance are discussed. Finally, the theoretical radiation patterns for the first three resonant modes (TE₁₁₁, TM₁₀₁, and TE₂₂₁) of the DR antenna are presented     

Theory and Experiment of an Aperture-Coupled Hemispherical Dielectric Resonator Antenna

A hemispherical dielectric resonator (DR) antenna using aperture coupling for excitation is studied both theoretically and experimentally. The reciprocity method is used to formulate the problem. The exact magnetic field Green's function due to the equivalent magnetic current in the slot is derived rigorously, and it is presented in a form which can be evaluated very efficiently. Moment method is used to solve the magnetic current from which the input impedance of the antenna configuration is obtained. The equivalent radius of the slot is used so that simple formulae developed for the cylindrical dipole can be applied directly. The effects of the slot's length, the slot's position, and the slot's width on the broadside TE₁₁₁ mode input impedance are studied, and reasonable agreement between theory and experiment is obtained     

Input impedance of aperture coupled hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna

A hemispherical dielectric resonator (DR) antenna fed by a microstripline through an aperture on the ground plane is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The broadside TE/sub 111/ mode input impedance of the antenna configuration is evaluated, and reasonable agreement between theory and experiment is obtained. The effects of the slot length and the slot width on the input impedance are studied and discussed.<>     

Complex resonance and radiation of hemisphericaldielectric-resonator antenna with a concentric conductor

The probe-fed hemispherical dielectric-resonator antenna (DRA) with a concentric conductor is studied theoretically in this paper. Using the mode-matching method, the exact Green's functions for evaluation of the input impedance and radiation patterns are found, with the functions presented in computationally efficient forms. The moment method is used to determine the probe current and, hence, the input impedance as well as the radiation patterns. The results are verified by special cases available in the literature. In this paper, the effects of the conductor radius, dielectric constant, probe length, and probe displacement on the input impedance are investigated. The theory is very general and, by taking appropriate limits, can be used to study the solid DRA and the conductor-loaded wire antenna. To aid the DRA design engineer, the TE₁₁₁-mode characteristic equation of the DRA is also studied, from which the simple formulas for the resonant frequency and Q-factor are obtained     

Analysis of elliptical and circular microstrip antennas using moment method

A method of calculating the input impedance of either a circular or a slightly ellipitcal microstrip antenna excited by a coaxial probe is presented. Using the reaction integral equation and the exact dyadic Green's function, the finite substrate thickness is taken into account in the formulation. Good agreement with experimental results for an elliptical patch is obtained and a design procedure for a circularly polarized antenna is presented.     

Integral equation analysis of a sheet impedance coated window slotantenna

Presents an integral equation and method of moments analysis of a window slot antenna. The antenna is modeled by a sheet admittance coated rectangular aperture in an infinite ground plane. It is shown that the sheet admittance coated aperture is complementary to a sheet impedance plate, which permits the window slot antenna to be analyzed with existing computer programs. Numerical results are compared with measurements for input impedance and radiation efficiency     

AN ANALYSIS ON INPUT IMPEDANCE OF A SINGLE MICROSTRIP PATCH IN THE QUASI-OPTICAL CAVITY

The electromagnetic field integral equation in the quasi-optical cavity is obtained using the dyadic Green's function. An expression is derived for the input impedance of a single microstrip patch cavity excited by a coaxial probe using moment method. The input impedance of a rectangular microstrip patch is discussed with this method. The result of this paper is similar to that of the microstrip antenna. This paper is of very important value for designing microstrip quasi-optical oscillator.     

准光腔单微带贴片输入阻抗的理论分析

本文利用并矢格林函数获得了准光腔中的电磁场积分方程。利用矩量法导出了被一个轴向电流源激励的单微带贴片腔的输入阻抗的计算公式。利用本方法对矩形微带贴片的输入阻抗进行了讨论。其结果与微带天线很类似。这对设计微带型准光振荡器有重要的参考价值。     

An analysis of input impedance of a single microstrip patch in the quasi-optical cavity

The electromagnetic field integral equation in the quasi-optical cavity is obtained using the dyadic Green's function. An expression is derived for the input impedance of a single microstrip patch cavity excited by a coaxial probe using moment method. The input impedance of a rectangular microstrip patch is discussed with this method. The result of this paper is similar to that of the microstrip antenna. This paper is of very important value for designing microstrip quasi-optical oscillator. Supported by the National Science Foundation of China.     

Radiation from a dielectric coated hemispherical conductor fed by acoaxial transmission line

A dielectric-coated hemispherical conductor mounted on an infinite perfectly conducting ground plane and fed by a coaxial transmission line is investigated. Green's functions for the region above the ground line are derived with separated homogeneous and particular solution parts so as to be compatible with numerical analysis techniques. A magnetic field integral equation is constructed in terms of the unknown annular aperture tangential electric field and is solved by the method of moments. A comparison of the characteristics of the dielectric-coated hemispherical conductor and a flush-mounted coaxial line to an infinite homogeneous region above the ground plane is presented with respected to the tangential aperture electric field, with respect to the tangential aperture electric field, the coaxial line apparent input impedance, and the far radiated field     

Excitation of dielectric resonator antennas by a waveguide probe: modeling technique and wide-band design

Analysis of a dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) fed by a waveguide probe is presented. The probe is excited by the dominant mode of a waveguide and extends into the DRA through an aperture in the waveguide wall. The DRA has, in general, an arbitrary shape and resides on an infinite ground plane, which coincides with the exterior of the waveguide broad wall. A simple and efficient analysis procedure is implemented where the problem is divided into two parts. In the upper part, the input impedance of the DRA excited by a coaxial probe is obtained with respect to the feeding position on the ground plane independent of the waveguide part. Then the input impedance is transformed to the waveguide part as a concentrated load at the end of the probe connected to the waveguide wall. The effect of the wall thickness is taken into account by modeling the section of the probe passing through the waveguide wall as a coaxial cable transmission line supporting the transverse electromagnetic mode. Thus the DRA input impedance is transferred from the ground plane reference to the waveguide inner wall reference. Results obtained using the method of moments are compared with those obtained using the finite-difference time-domain method and exhibit very good agreement. The procedure is used to achieve a bandwidth of 50% for a stacked DRA excited by a waveguide probe.     

Cylindrical cavity-backed suspended stripline antenna-theory andexperiment

The problem of a cylindrical cavity-backed suspended stripline (SSL) antenna is viewed as a transition of the SSL to a circular cylindrical waveguide opening into an infinite ground plane. The fields in the waveguide are expanded in terms of TE and TM modes. The effect of the radiating aperture on the modal expansion of the fields is taken into account by introducing reflection coefficients for each mode. The current on the SSL probe is assumed to have sinusoidal distribution. These simplifications reduce the original problem to that of a known radially oriented current residing on a dielectric sheet inside a circular-cylindrical cavity whose top wall has known impedances corresponding to different modes. The Green's function for this modified structure is found and is used to obtain a general expression for the input impedance. This expression is specialized to the case where the SSL probe and the radiating aperture are coupled through the dominant TE ₁₁ mode only. This input impedance is translated to the measurement plane of the antenna. The computed and measured results are found to be in good agreement     

Theory and experiment of the cavity-backed slot-excited dielectricresonator antenna

A slot-excited hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna backed by a rectangular cavity is studied theoretically and experimentally. The magnetic-type dyadic Green's function for the rectangular cavity is derived using the mode-matching method. An integral equation for the equivalent magnetic current is obtained by enforcing the boundary condition across the slot. The moment method with the Galerkin's procedure is then used to find the magnetic current in the slot and, hence, the input impedance of the antenna. Measurements were carried out to verify the theory and good agreement is obtained. The effects of the slot inclination angle, of the slot offset, and of the cavity size on the input impedance are discussed     

Integrated modified rectangular loop slot antenna on substratelenses for millimeter- and submillimeter-wave frequencies mixerapplications

A coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed rectangular-loop slot antenna with built-in tuning and DC-return capabilities on extended hemispherical lenses is examined. The proposed configuration is scalable up to the submillimeter-wave frequencies. For designing and analyzing the impedance characteristics of the proposed antenna, a multilayer method of moments (MoM) solver has been developed based on the mixed potential integral equation (MPIE) formulation. The corresponding patterns through the lens are obtained using geometrical optics and the surface equivalence principle. Three models have been simulated and one of them has been built and tested at 65 GHz. The integrated antenna exhibits tuning capability, rotationally symmetric patterns, high directivity, good Gaussian coupling efficiency, and a reasonable bandwidth. In addition, computed results agree well with measurements and are used to characterize the input impedance and pattern behavior of the antenna     

Input impedance of annular-ring microstrip antennas with adielectric cover

A theoretical and numerical analysis of the annular-ring microstrip antenna with a dielectric cover is performed. The problem is formulated in the Hankel transform domain, taking a coaxial feed into consideration. The integral equations for the surface current density on the patch are derived. Galerkin's method is used to solve for the surface current density, and a stationary formula for the input impedance is obtained. Numerical results showing the effects of a dielectric cover on the TM₁₂ mode of the annular ring are given. It is found that the dielectric cover reduces the resonant frequency, decreases the resonant resistance, and increases the impedance bandwidth     

探针馈电印刷线天线的矩量法分析——（Ⅰ）单臂天线

利用同轴内导体延和为探针对印刷天线进行直接馈电是一种易于实现的馈电方式。本文介绍了一种分析单臂探针馈电印刷线天线的数值方法,该方法是基于并矢格林函数和互易定量求解电流积分方程的矩量法,适合于分析任意形状印刷线天线,首先给出描述电流分布的积分方程及其矩量法求解公式,在解得电流分布基础上,应用驻相法计算远区辐射场,通过计算与实验比较,验证了分析方法和计算程序的正确性,最后对一圆极化开口印刷圆环天线进行分析计算,表明了方法的实用价值。     

Slot excitation of the dielectric disk radiator

Dielectric disk radiators which are excited by a narrow slot in the ground plane of a microstrip line are investigated. The resonance frequencies of the dielectric disk for the HEM₁₁ mode are computed numerically in the complex frequency plane. From the later results, the actual resonance frequency and the Q-factor are obtained. The dielectric disk is made of a high dielectric constant ceramic material with ϵ_r=22. The radiation patterns and reflection coefficients are measured and presented for several slot lengths and dielectric disk dimensions. The radiation patterns are also computed assuming a magnetic current element, which models the slot and excites the HEM₁₁ mode. Good agreement is obtained between the computed and measured results. The results presented here also demonstrate the viability of this type of antenna, which has high dielectric constants an efficient radiator provided the proper mode is excited     

Numerical study of waveguide endwall slot feed microstrip arrays

An initial numerical study of a 4×4 microstrip array excited by a rectangular waveguide endwall slot is described. This design is a candidate for an LMDS subscriber equipment antenna. Direct coupling via a slot avoids the use of a probe, which prior investigators have shown to be detrimental to manufacturing yield at LMDS band. Tapering the short sides of the rectangular waveguide feed is shown to improve the input impedance matching here, with the optimal taper length being about λ_g/2. The input impedance bandwidth was 5.2%     

The Annular Slot Antenna in a Lossy Biological Medium (Short Papers)

An integral equation is formulated for a coaxially fed annular aperture antenna. The integral equation in terms of the unknown tangential aperture electric field is solved numerically by the Method of Moments. The coaxial feed line is air filled while the exterior region consists of i) air, ii) fat or bone, and iii) muscle. Results are given for the aperture electric field, apparent input admittance, and contours of constant power absorption when the excitation frequency is 2.45 GHz.