• DocumentCode
    2678616
  • Title

    Comparison between planar arrays of perforated DRAs and microstrip patches

  • Author

    Petosa, A. ; Thirakounc, S. ; Zuliani, M. ; Ittipiboon, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Commun. Res. Centre Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    3-8 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    168
  • Abstract
    An array of dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) elements is formed by perforating a dielectric substrate with a lattice of holes. The performance of a 64-element prototype array designed at 25 GHz was compared to a corresponding array of microstrip patches. The perforated DRA array demonstrates a gain improvement of 1 dB and a broader gain bandwidth than the microstrip patch array. This technique of fabricating DRA using perforations eliminates the need to position and bond individual DRA elements in an array.
  • Keywords
    dielectric resonator antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; 25 GHz; 64-element prototype array; DRA elements; dielectric resonator antenna array; dielectric substrate; hole lattice; microstrip patches; perforated DRA; perforations; planar arrays; Dielectric constant; Dielectric materials; Dielectric resonator antennas; Dielectric substrates; Geometry; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Microstrip resonators; Planar arrays; Sheet materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8883-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2005.1551764
  • Filename
    1551764