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A wideband dielectric resonator antenna with switchable diversity patterns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2019

Ahmad Abdalrazik Open the ORCID record for Ahmad Abdalrazik [Opens in a new window] ,
Adel B. Abdel-Rahman ,
Ahmed Allam  and
Mohammed Abo-Zahhad
Ahmad Abdalrazik*
Affiliation:
ECE Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Alexandria21934, Egypt
Adel B. Abdel-Rahman
Affiliation:
ECE Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Alexandria21934, Egypt Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, South Valley University, Qena83523, Egypt
Ahmed Allam
Affiliation:
ECE Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Alexandria21934, Egypt
Mohammed Abo-Zahhad
Affiliation:
ECE Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Alexandria21934, Egypt Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Author for correspondence: Ahmad Abdalrazik, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this paper, a reduced-size dielectric resonator antenna with switchable diversity patterns is proposed. Ring- and linear-shaped slots are etched in the ground plane of the antenna so as to generate two modes $TE_{\delta 11}^x$ and $TE_{\delta 12}^x$ at a center frequency of 19 GHz. Moreover, two groups of PIN diodes are integrated into these slots to short one group of slots, and let the other group generates the required mode. Thus, the antenna is able to generate two switchable patterns with an envelope correlation coefficient of 0.4. Furthermore, the antenna size is reduced to half of its original size by placing a copper sheet over certain plane of the antenna structure. The antenna achieves wide bandwidths of 17.6–20.9 GHz (17.1$\percnt $) and 18.3–21.6 GHz (13.8$\percnt $) in cases of exciting $TE_{\delta 11}^x$ and $TE_{\delta 12}^x$ modes, respectively. The antenna also attainsa high gain of 7.1 and 3.2 dB at the center frequency.

Keywords

Dielectric resonator antennadiversitywideband
Type
Research Papers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , May 2020 , pp. 339 - 344
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2019

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