Rectangular dielectric resonator quality factor enhancement using external corner posts

Author

Parsa, Armin ; Paknys, Robert ; Caloz, Christophe

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Montreal, QC

fYear

2008

fDate

16-20 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we demonstrate this idea of quality factor enhancement with external corner perfect electric conductor (PEC) posts in the case of a two-dimensional (2D) RDR using the method of moments/surface integral equation (MoM/SIE). First, the separable RDR is designed by means of the method of separation of variables. Next, the designed RDR´s with and without posts are compared using MoM/SIE, and the results are validated by the finite element method (FEM) solver HFSS. It is shown that the resonance frequency can be close to that of the separable RDR when the PEC posts are placed close to the corners. Finally, a substantial quality factor enhancement is obtained as a result of the presence of the posts.

Keywords

Q-factor; conductors (electric); dielectric resonators; finite element analysis; integral equations; method of moments; external corner posts; finite element method; method of moments; perfect electric conductor; rectangular dielectric resonator quality factor enhancement; resonance frequency; surface integral equation; Conducting materials; Dielectric losses; Dielectric resonator antennas; Fresnel reflection; Magnetic analysis; Permittivity; Q factor; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2008. APMC 2008. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Macau

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2641-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2642-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2008.4958464

Filename

4958464