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Wideband four-element two-segment triangular dielectric resonator antenna with monopole-like radiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2015

Ravi Kumar Gangwar*
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. Phone: +91-326-2235903
Pinku Ranjan
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. Phone: +91-326-2235903
Abhishek Aigal
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. Phone: +91-326-2235903
*
Corresponding author: R. K. Gangwar Email: [email protected]

Abstract

In this paper, a wideband two-segmented four-element triangular dielectric resonator antenna (TDRA) with coaxial probe feed has been proposed. The proposed antenna has been analyzed, optimized, and studied through Ansoft HFSS simulation software. The prototype of the proposed antenna has been fabricated and its input characteristics are measured with the help of R&S Vector Network Analyzer. Good agreement has been obtained between simulated and measured results. The proposed design has been compared with two segments TDRA and found wider bandwidth with lower resonant frequency. The proposed antenna provides monopole-like radiation pattern over the entire bandwidth with nearly 33% bandwidth (return loss ≥10 dB) at a resonant frequency 6.9 GHz and 4.93 dBi peak gain. The proposed antenna is suitable for application of C-band microwave frequencies.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2015 

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