Dual band dielectric resonator antenna for wireless application

The proposed technique is an integration of a slot antenna and a dielectric resonator antenna (DRA). This is designed without compromising miniaturisation and efficiency. It is observed that the integration of slot and dielectric structure itself may be merged to achieve extremely wide bandwidth over which the antenna polarisation and radiation pattern are preserved. Here the effect of slot size on the radiation performance of the DRA is studied. The antenna structure is simulated using the CST software. The simulated results are presented and compared with the measured result. This DRA has a gain of 7.1 and 6.3?dBi at 5.7 and 8.1?GHz, respectively, its 10?dB return impedance bandwidth of nearly 4.5% and 5.5% at two resonating frequencies. A total of 98% efficiency has been achieved from the configuration. It is shown that the size of the slot can significantly affect the radiation properties of the DRA and there are good agreements between simulation and measured results.     

Bandwidth Enhancement of Circularly Polarized Dielectric Resonator Antenna

Axial‐ratio (AR) bandwidth enhancement is achieved for a circularly polarized (CP) cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) using a wideband hybrid coupler (WHC) combined with dual probe feed. The presented WHC, comprised of a Wilkinson power divider and a wideband 90° shifter, delivers good characteristics in terms of 3 dB power splitting and consistent 90° (±5°) phase shifting over a wide bandwidth. In turn, the proposed CP DRA, for the employment of the WHC, in place of conventional designs, provides a significant enhancement on AR bandwidth and impedance matching. The antenna prototype with the WHC exhibits a 3 dB AR bandwidth of 48.66%, an impedance bandwidth of 52.5% for voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) ≤ 2, and a bandwidth of 44.66% for a gain of no less than 3 dBi. Experiments demonstrate that the proposed WHC is suitable for broadband CP DRA design.     

A wideband high gain dielectric resonator antenna for RF energy harvesting application

A novel high gain and broadband hybrid dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is designed and experimentally validated. To obtain the wide impedance bandwidth, the proposed antenna geometry combines the dielectric resonator antenna and an underlying slot with a narrow rectangular notch, which effectively broadens the impedance bandwidth by merging the resonances of the slot and DRA. An inverted T-shaped feed line is used to excite both antennas, simultaneously. It supports amalgamation of different resonant modes of the both, DRA and slot antenna. The measured results show that the proposed antenna offers an impedance bandwidth of 120% from 1.67 to 6.7 GHz. The antenna gain is next enhanced by a reflector placed below the antenna at an optimum distance. On engineering the height and dimension of this reflector the antenna gain is improved from 2.2 dBi to 8.7 dBi at 1.7 GHz. Finally, antenna operation is attested experimentally with a rectifier circuit in the frequency range of 1.8–3.6 GHz, where various strong radio signals are freely available for RF energy harvesting. The measured maximum efficiency of the rectifier and rectenna circuit were found to be 74.4% and 61.4%, respectively.     

一种新型宽带圆极化介质谐振器天线设计与实现*

设计了一种宽带圆极化介质谐振器天线,为一种鼠笼形的宽带一分四90毅相移功分微带馈电网络,采用缝隙耦合对介质谐振器顺序旋转耦合馈电。天线结构紧凑、加工简单,仿真和实测结果吻合良好,其阻抗带宽和低于3dB的轴比带宽重叠部分在1.09 GHz-1.83GHz、为50.7%。增益大于3dB 及轴比小于3dB 的波束宽度均达到90°。天线工作频率覆盖四大导航系统,包括中国的北斗系统、美国的GPS 系统、欧洲的伽利略(GALTLEO)系统和俄罗斯的格洛纳斯(GLONASS )系统的频段,天线可应用于全球卫星导航定位系统和无线宽带通信系统中。     

一种宽频带介质谐振器天线的设计与实现

摘 要：带宽拓展,一直以来是介质谐振器天线研究重要内容之一。基于此,本文设计了一款宽频带介质谐振器天线。采用共面波导馈电的单极天线与介质谐振器天线的混合结构,通过调节谐振器尺寸和共面波导的结构,使各个工作模式的频带互相重叠,展宽所设计天线的带宽;同时地板上引入开槽技术,对馈线进行阻抗匹配。利用仿真软件对天线参数进行优化仿真,实现天线频带宽度为2.98-7.18GHz（S11<-10dB）,相对带宽达到84.3%,带内最大增益达到4.9dBi。对该天线进行加工测试,仿真与测试基本吻合,结果表明,该天线不仅可实现宽频带,且结构简单,尺寸小,易集成,可广泛应用于WLAN/WIMAX等通信领域。     

An X-band dielectric resonator antenna using a single elliptical shaped dielectric resonator

This paper presents design evolution of a single elliptical dielectric resonator antenna to achieve wide measured impedance band-width extending from 8.26 GHz to 12.15 GHz. Design evolved from a right circular cylindrical DRA by varying the dimension along the semi-minor axis and thereby resulting in an elliptical DRA that supports near similar field distribution over the X-band. This similar field variation is achieved by tuning the eccentricity of the elliptical geometry, the feed position as well as height of the DRA. A fabricated prototype is developed and measured results agree well with that obtained from simulation. Apart from wide impedance bandwidth, the observed pattern bandwidth is also similar.     

Broadband U-shaped dielectric resonator antenna with elliptical patch feed

A dielectric resonator antenna formed by a U-shaped dielectric resonator and a conformal elliptical patch feed is proposed for wideband communication applications. Simulated results agree well with measured ones, showing good performance in terms of bandwidth and radiation patterns. The measured impedance bandwidth of S₁₁ < -10 dB is about 72%, covering the frequency range 3.82-8.12 GHz. It has a gain of 4.3-7.6 dBi over the whole operating band with a ground size of about 1.2 lambda₀ times 1.2 lambda₀, lambda₀ being the central operating frequency.     

一种新型介质谐振天线设计

采用双层磁电复合材料为基板,制作了一款小型(38 mm×38 mm)宽带介质谐振天线。为减小尺寸并提高带宽,天线采用了共面波导馈电及倒L形金属片加载。通过理论分析,给出了天线的等效电路,并对其进行了仿真分析。结果表明:在回波损耗S11<–10 dB时,该天线的工作频段为4.93~6.75 GHz,实现了宽频带的设计目的。     

Cross-T-shaped dielectric resonator antenna for wideband applications

A new dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is introduced for wideband applications, where the wideband of this DRA design comes from three factors: a compact cross-T-shaped dielectric resonator, a conformal inverted-trapezoid patch as a feed mechanism, and a copper-clad substrate as a baseboard. Measured results demonstrate that the proposed DRA achieves an impedance bandwidth of about 71.8% for VSWR les 2, covering a frequency range from 3.56 to 7.57 GHz. This antenna also provides a stable broadside radiation pattern and a gain range of 3.2-7.3 dBi across the operating bandwidth.     

基于介质片加载实现MIMO介质谐振器天线解耦

提出了一种通过在介质谐振器(DR)上表面侧边加载介质片(DS)来实现1×2 MIMO介质谐振器天线(DRA)解耦的新方法。1×2 MIMO DRA采用双层介质基板结构以优化阻抗匹配特性和辐射特性,两DR的边到边间距为0,天线工作在毫米波频段。所加载的DS使得DR内的场重新分布并向DS加载区域以及DS内集中,从而减弱耦合到另一DR单元的场强以实现解耦效果。基于ANSYS HFSS的仿真结果表明天线的-10 dB阻抗匹配带宽为25.6%(22.75～29.43 GHz),带内最大实现了30 dB的隔离度的增强。     

超宽带单极子加载介质谐振器天线的设计

该文设计了一种尺寸小,频带宽,结构简单的单极子陶瓷介质谐振器天线。在单极子天线周围加载一个环形的陶瓷介质谐振器,利用环形谐振器与单极子谐振频率之间耦合来展宽频带。利用仿真软件HFSS建立天线的模型,并对模型进行优化仿真,得到了最佳的天线设计参数,仿真得到的天线频带宽度为0.7～4.6GHz,相对带宽达到了153%,使用矢量网络分析仪对该天线进行测量,实测结果与仿真值基本吻合。     

Cylindrical ring dielectric loaded horizontally polarized omnidirectional antenna for wideband radiation

A wideband horizontally polarized omnidirectional antenna with a cylindrical ring dielectric (CRD) loaded is proposed. Compared with the conventional alford-structure loop antenna (ASLA), the impedance and radiation pattern bandwidths are broadened by loading a CRD to the ASLA with two wing sections. The designed antenna is fabricated and measured, and good performance has been obtained. The measured reflection coefficient is less than −10 dB over the frequency band 1.63–2.8 GHz, i.e., 52.8%, which can cover 2G/3G/LTE band totally. The gain variation in all directions of horizontal plane is less than 1.4 dB in the whole band. The maximum gain is 1.56dBi throughout the operating band and it appears at 1.66 GHz. It is worth noting that the gain is around 1dBi and almost constant from 1.9 GHz to 2.7 GHz. Besides, the designed antenna has a compact size of 0.55λ × 0.55λ × 0.057λ, λ is for the lowest frequency of the operating band.     

Miniature high gain slot-fed rectangular dielectric resonator antenna for IoT RF energy harvesting

Radio-frequency (RF) energy harvesting is a promising candidate for alternative power source that can reduce the dependencies on batteries. However, its power density is very low which makes it crucial to have a high gain antenna to increase the power received by the system. This study presents the design of miniature high gain dielectric resonator antenna for RF energy harvesting application with high figure of merit to increase the power received. Numerical approximation is used to assist the antenna design and modelling. The design focused on three parameters which are the width, length, and height of the dielectric resonator. The performance, electric field density, and the radiation patterns of the dielectric resonator antenna have been observed by varying the design parameters. The effect of air gap to the performance is investigated and it is found that 8.11–13% gain improvement and up to 36% improvement in impedance matching is achieved through incorporating thin air gap between the dielectric resonator. Soda-lime glass with relative permittivity 7.75 is used which allows miniaturization and transparency. Experimental results show reasonable agreement to the simulations. The work shows highest antenna gain with smallest size with high FOM at 5 GHz ISM band compared to previous works.     

Gain-enhanced miniaturised rectangular dielectric resonator antenna

A double-layered high permittivity dielectric resonator (DR) was investigated experimentally at the 1.8 GHz band. The measured results show that the double-layered DR antenna has a 1.2 dB gain enhancement and 25% height reduction over a single-layered antenna. The bandwidth is 2.7% and antenna gain is 6.2 dBi     

New Half-Hemispherical Dielectric Resonator Antenna for Broadband Monopole-Type Radiation

A new half-hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna (h-HDRA) is proposed and a two-element h-HDRA configuration is employed to design a broadband monopole-type radiator. Two half sections of a hemispherical DRA are employed to enhance the impedance bandwidth by introducing an additional resonant mode. Since the new geometry of an h-HDRA is studied here for the first time, it is characterized using simulation and experimental studies. Two closely spaced resonant modes, which in a two-element h-HDRA generate monopole-type radiation are investigated. Results for both the single and two-element h-HDRAs are presented. As much as 35% impedance bandwidth (S₁₁<-10dB) with more than 5 dBi peak gain, 99.08% efficiency and monopole-type radiation pattern has been demonstrated using a prototype occupying a compact volume measuring 0.48lambda₀ by 0.2lambda₀ approximately, lambda₀ being the wave length corresponding to the center of the impedance bandwidth     

Performance Analysis of a Low Profile Hybrid Antenna for Broadband Applications

In this paper, a low profile dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is proposed and investigated. To achieve the broad impedance bandwidth the proposed antenna geometry combines the dielectric resonator antenna and an underlying microstrip-fed slot with a narrow rectangular notch, which effectively broadens the impedance bandwidth by merging the resonances of slot and DRA. The physical insight gained by the detailed parametric study has led to find out a set of guidelines for designing the antennas for any particular frequency band. The design guidelines have been verified by simulating a set of antennas designed for different frequency bands. For validation, a prototype antenna is fabricated and tested experimentally. The measured results show that the proposed DRA offers an impedance bandwidth of about \(125.34\%\) from 1.17 to 5.1 GHz with reasonable gain between 3.5 and 5.7 dBi. The volume of the proposed DRA is \(0.16\lambda _{dr}^{3}\), where \(\lambda _{dr}\) is the wavelength at center operating frequency of the DR. A comprehensive study on bandwidth shows that the proposed DRA provides maximum bandwidth in terms of the DR volume (\(\hbox {BW}/V_{dr}\)) and the DR height (\(\hbox {BW}/h_{dr}\)) than the other similar reported work on hybrid wideband DRA designs.     

一种适用于波束扫描的宽带低剖面介质谐振器天线

近年来,为解决传统介质谐振器天线（dielectric resonator antenna, DRA）体积庞大等问题,新颖的低剖面DRA如介质贴片天线和平面介质天线被提出并迅速成为研究热点.然而,现有的低剖面DRA设计要么平面尺寸较大（>0.5λ0×0.5λ0）,要么带宽较窄（<10%）,限制了它们的实际应用.文中提出了一种具有小型化平面尺寸的宽带低剖面DRA.本天线采用介质贴片设计,顶部为高介电常数的介质贴片,中间为低介电常数的介质基板,底部为缝隙馈电结构.缝隙馈电结构可激励起介质贴片谐振器的基模TE111和高次模TE131两种工作模式,这两种模式的场分布在贴片边缘部分存在基模场强较弱而高次模场强较强的显著区别.本设计巧妙地利用了该区域的模式场强区别,通过略微增加贴片边缘部分高度来显著影响高次模谐振频率而轻微影响基模谐振频率,从而将高次模TE131的谐振频率迅速下拉并与基模TE111的谐振频率靠近合并,在不增大介质贴片平面尺寸的前提条件下获得宽带工作效果.本天线的三维尺寸为0.35λ0×0.35λ0×0.08λ0 (λ0为中心频率处的空气中波长),线极化实物案例测试结果表...     

基于等效磁表面的层叠型介质谐振器天线

提出了一种基于等效磁表面的层叠型介质天线,同时具有宽带和高增益等特点。设计采用两片高介电常数的薄介质片,构造出两个等效磁表面,结合金属地的等效电表面,可以在“电-磁"以及“磁-磁"的边界条件中获得两个独立的TE^y₁₁₁ 模式。通过合并这两个模式可以有效拓展天线的工作带宽,同时,等效磁表面的引入还可以提高天线的增益。天线的仿真和测试结果一致性良好,其|S11|<-10 dB 的相对带宽约为36%,最大增益在6.3 GHz 处达到8.4 dBi。另外,该天线的辐射单元均由低损耗的介质构成,辐射效率高,使其在未来无线通信系统中具备一定的应用前景。     

Effective modeling of metasurface-loaded circularly polarized dielectric resonator-based MIMO antenna for sub-6.0-GHz band using machine learning algorithms

In this article, a dual-port dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is modeled using machine learning (ML) algorithms, that is, deep neural network (DNN), random forest, and XGBoost. The unique properties of the proposed article are as follows: (i) Two different diversity techniques, that is, pattern (with the help of metallic wall) and polarization (mirror image of the aperture), improve the isolation value between the ports; (ii) ML algorithms are used to optimize and predict the reflection coefficient as well as mutual coupling of the proposed antenna. The accuracy of ML algorithms is verified by using the HFSS EM simulator and experimental validation. Error is less than 1%–2% between the value predicted from ML algorithms and HFSS/experimental results. The proposed design is working well in between 2.4 and 4.02 GHz with a 3-dB axial ratio from 2.84 to 2.95 GHz. All these features make the radiator employable to the sub-6.0-GHz frequency band.