Optically transparent broadband water antenna
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e21219 |
| Journal / Publication | International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Online published | 7 Dec 2017 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2018 |
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Abstract
In this article, we investigate an optically transparent broadband water antenna, which is composed of a cross-shaped slot feeding structure and a thin layer of water supported by a transparent dielectric slab. This water antenna can be analyzed as an embedded stacked dielectric resonator (DR) antenna (DRA) mounted on a ground plane. Two distinct resonator modes—namely, DRA mode and dielectric-loaded slot (DLS) mode—are excited to achieve a good impendence matching over a very wide frequency range. A prototype antenna is designed, fabricated, and measured. Measured results demonstrate that the designed water antenna exhibits a broad impedance bandwidth of about 37% from 1.07 to 1.56 GHz with antenna efficiency better than 65% and broadside radiation characteristics with low cross-polarizations.
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- dielectric resonator antenna, transparent antenna, water antenna
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Optically transparent broadband water antenna. / Hua, Changzhou; Yang, Nan.
In: International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, Vol. 28, No. 4, e21219, 05.2018.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
