Theory and experiment of an aperture-coupled hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1192-1198
Journal / PublicationIEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume43
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1995

Abstract

A hemispherical dielectric resonator (DR) antenna using aperture coupling for excitation is studied both theoretically and experimentally. The reciprocity method is used to formulate the problem. The exact magnetic field Green's function due to the equivalent magnetic current in the slot is derived rigorously, and it is presented in a form which can be evaluated very efficiently. Moment method is used to solve the magnetic current from which the input impedance of the antenna configuration is obtained. The equivalent radius of the slot is used so that simple formulae developed for the cylindrical dipole can be applied directly. The effects of the slot's length, the slot's position, and the slot's width on the broadside TE111 mode input impedance are studied, and reasonable agreement between theory and experiment is obtained.