• DocumentCode
    2161494
  • Title

    High-gain characteristics of a slightly flared dielectric tube antenna

  • Author

    Yamauchi, Junji ; Sato, Hiroki ; Nakano, Hisamatsu

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Hosei Univ., Koganei, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    8-14 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A dielectric tube antenna fed by a waveguide-excited dielectric sphere is analyzed using the body-of-revolution FDTD method. To obtain a high gain, the tube is slightly flared. It is found that the flared configuration achieves a gain of approximately 23 dBi at 12 GHz, which is higher than that of a uniform configuration.
  • Keywords
    antenna feeds; dielectric materials; finite difference time-domain analysis; microwave antennas; waveguides; body-of-revolution FDTD method; finite difference time-domain analysis; frequency 12 GHz; high-gain characteristics; slightly-flared dielectric tube antenna; waveguide-excited dielectric sphere feed;
  • 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.2012.6349318
  • Filename
    6349318