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Conical dielectric resonator antenna with improved gain and bandwidth for X-band applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2017

Sounik Kiran Kumar Dash ,
Taimoor Khan  and
Binod Kumar Kanaujia
Sounik Kiran Kumar Dash
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, India
Taimoor Khan*
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, India
Binod Kumar Kanaujia
Affiliation:
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
*
Corresponding author: T. Khan Email: ktaimoor@gmail.com
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Abstract

In this paper, a simple conical-shaped dielectric resonator antenna operating in HEM11δ mode is presented for X-band wireless applications. A rectangular slot with a running microstrip line is used for excitation purpose. By placing a FR-4 based superstrate at 7 mm height from the ground FR-4 substrate and incorporating a set of modified ground plane on either side of the feed line, gain is improved by 42.85% and bandwidth by 68.92%, simultaneously. A prototype of designed antenna is fabricated and characterized. The measured results are found to be good in matching with the simulated ones.

Keywords

Antenna designModeling and measurementsRF front endsDielectric resonator antennaSuperstrate
Type
Research Papers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 9 , Special Issue 8: Biomedical Applications of RF/Microwave and Optics Technologies , October 2017 , pp. 1749 - 1756
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2017 

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