Design of a 60 GHz dielectric resonator antenna array mounted on a conformal structure

Author

Chorfi, H. ; Nedil, M. ; Ben Mabrouk, I. ; Denidni, T.A. ; Talbi, L.

Author_Institution

Underground Commun. Lab. (LRTCS), Univ. of Quebec UQAT, Val-D´´or, QC, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A design of a new network millimeter-wave cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna, operates at 60 GHz mounted on a conformal ground plane substrate is presented. Simulations are performed using both CST Microwave studio employing the Finite Integration Technique (FIT) and Ansoft HFSS employing the Finite Element Method (FEM). Good agreement is obtained for main antenna characteristics such as the return loss and radiation pattern. Furthermore, the obtained gain and efficiency are 8.25 dBi and 98% respectively. This antenna network is suitable for millimeter-wave underground communication.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; conformal antennas; dielectric resonator antennas; finite element analysis; millimetre wave antenna arrays; underground communication; (FEM); Ansoft HFSS; CST Microwave studio; FIT; antenna characteristics; antenna network; conformal ground plane substrate; conformal structure; dielectric resonator antenna array; finite element method; finite integration technique; millimeter-wave underground communication; network millimeter-wave cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna; radiation pattern; return loss; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Dielectric resonator antennas; Dielectrics; Gain; Millimeter wave technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6349171

Filename

6349171