Wide-Beam Dielectric Resonator Antennas Based on the Fusion of Higher-Order Modes

Ma Boyuan; Jin Pan; Shaode Huang; Deqiang Yang; Yongxin Guo

doi:10.1109/TAP.2021.3090840

Wide-Beam Dielectric Resonator Antennas Based on the Fusion of Higher-Order Modes

Ma Boyuan, Jin Pan, Shaode Huang, Deqiang Yang, Yongxin Guo^*

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Geometry-induced resonant modes with intrinsic broad beam coverage are synthesized within step-shaped dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs). Following the idea of mode fusion, a synthesized mode inherits and combines the modal features from several conventional ones of regular DRAs. Superior flexibility and design freedom in beam shaping are thus obtained, leading to a 3 dB beamwidth exceeding 200° in both main planes. To form such a broad-beam mode, three regular higher-order modes from rectangular DRAs are chosen and merged. Their modal radiation patterns have fine complementation, meanwhile, they are readily excited by a shared feed. To further demonstrate the mechanism of mode fusion, the modal field distribution of the presented DRAs is analyzed. A design guide is presented as well. © 2021 IEEE.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8866-8871
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume	69
Issue number	12
Online published	25 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2021.3090840
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs)
higher-order modes
mode synthesis
radiation patterns
wide beam

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