• DocumentCode
    3284379
  • Title

    Wideband Dielectric Resonator Antenna with Reconfigurable Radiation Pattern

  • Author

    Fayad, Hazem ; Record, Paul

  • Author_Institution
    Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    5-8 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    3
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a wideband dielectric resonator antenna with 30% fractional bandwidth, operating at 11 GHz. The structure consists of a hollow cylindrical dielectric pellet fed by individually switched excitation probes. The switched excitation pattern provides the antenna a radiation beam that can be moved through 360 degrees in the azimuth plane. Simulation and experimental results are presented to illustrate the advantages of this design.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; dielectric resonators; microwave antennas; bandwidth 11 GHz; dielectric resonator antenna; hollow cylindrical dielectric pellet; radiation beam; reconfigurable radiation pattern; switched excitation probes; wideband antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Dielectric measurements; Dielectric resonator antennas; Probes; Resonant frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Adaptive Hardware and Systems, 2007. AHS 2007. Second NASA/ESA Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-2866-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AHS.2007.109
  • Filename
    4291893