Title :
Closed Form Expressions to Find Radiation Patterns of Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antennas for Various Modes
Author :
Maity, Somnath ; Gupta, Bharat
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun. Eng., Jadavpur Univ., Kolkata, India
Abstract :
A theoretical investigation on radiation patterns of rectangular dielectric resonator antenna (RDRA) is presented. A simple model using magnetic walls (perfect and/or imperfect) and equivalence principle are utilized to predict the radiation patterns for TEmnpy modes. Approximate solution for the eigenfunction is derived. Closed form expressions of radiation patterns are given. New broadside modes are also identified, hitherto unreported. Radiation Q-factor, gain and bandwidth are also described. Results are compared with measured data or data obtained using 3D EM simulator.
Keywords :
Q-factor; antenna radiation patterns; dielectric resonator antennas; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; magnetic traps; 3D EM simulator; Q-factor; RDRA; TEmnp modes; antenna radiation patterns; broadside modes; closed form expressions; eigenfunction; equivalence principle; magnetic walls; rectangular dielectric resonator antennas; Antenna radiation patterns; Dielectric resonator antennas; Dielectrics; Optical resonators; Q-factor; Three-dimensional displays; Dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs); higher order modes; radiation patterns;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2014.2361146