Broadside radiating dielectric rod antennas with dielectric radiating elements

Author

Mahon, J.P.

Author_Institution

Optim Microwave Inc., Westchester, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

13-18 July 1997

Firstpage

1054

Abstract

A novel antenna which is comprised of collars made of high dielectric material slipped onto a cylindrical dielectric rod is presented. This antenna can be made to radiate broadside (unlike traditional rod antennas which radiate towards endfire). An accurate computer model based on a complex conjugate Galerkin method is also described. Measured and predicted antenna patterns are presented to verify the accuracy of the model and to demonstrate that the antenna under study is simple, feasible and effective.

Keywords

Galerkin method; antenna radiation patterns; conjugate gradient methods; dielectric devices; electrical engineering; electrical engineering computing; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microwave antenna arrays; antenna array; broadside radiating dielectric rod antennas; complex conjugate Galerkin method; computer model; cylindrical dielectric rod; dielectric material; dielectric radiating elements; endfire radiation; measured antenna patterns; model accuracy; polarization control; predicted antenna patterns; Antenna radiation patterns; Dielectric constant; Dielectric materials; Feeds; Green function; H infinity control; Integral equations; Microwave antennas; Moment methods; Polarization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1997. IEEE., 1997 Digest

Conference_Location

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4178-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1997.631738

Filename

631738