Title :
Broadside radiating dielectric rod antennas with dielectric radiating elements
Author_Institution :
Optim Microwave Inc., Westchester, CA, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1997. IEEE., 1997 Digest
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4178-3
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1997.631738
