Study on sequential feeding networks for subarrays of circularly polarized elliptical dielectric resonator antenna

Shing-Lung Steven Yang, Ricky Chair, Ahmed A. Kishk, Kai-Fong Lee, Kwai-Man Luk

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Abstract

Circularly polarized (CP) dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) subarrays have been numerically studied and experimentally verified. Elliptical CP DRA is used as the antenna element, which is excited by either a narrow slot or a probe. The elements are arranged in a 2 by 2 subarray configuration and are excited sequentially. In order to optimize the CP bandwidth, wideband feeding networks have been designed. Three different types of feeding network are studied; they are parallel feeding network, series feeding network and hybrid ring feeding network. For the CP DRA subarray with hybrid ring feeding network, the impedance matching bandwidth (S11 <-10 dB) and 3-dB AR bandwidth achieved are 44% and 26% respectively. © 2007 IEEE.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)321-333
JournalIEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume55
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2007

Research Keywords

  • Circular polarization (CP)
  • Dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs)
  • Wideband antenna arrays

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