Semicircular Aperture Coupled Hemispherical Dielectric Resonator Antenna

Authors

  • Anu A. R. School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala
  • Abdulla P. School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala
  • Jasmine P. M. M.E.S. College Marampally, Aluva, Kerala
  • Raphika P. M. M.E.S. College Marampally, Aluva, Kerala

Keywords:

Aperture coupling, hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna, microstrip line, semicircular slot, WiMAX application

Abstract

A compact, low profile semicircular aperture coupled hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna (HDRA) is presented in this paper. The HDRA is fed by a microstrip line through a semicircular aperture in the ground plane. The proposed antenna resonates at 3.7 GHz in TE111 mode with an impedance bandwidth of 10.8% (3.54–3.94 GHz), which can be effectively used for WiMAX applications. The maximum gain obtained is 5.4 dBi at 3.8 GHz. The experimental results show good agreement with the simulated results. A detailed parametric study has been conducted to realize the effects of slot radius, slot width and slot position to improve the coupling of the designed antenna.

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Author Biographies

Anu A. R., School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala

Anu A R was born in Mavelikara, Kerala, India in 1984. She received her B.Tech. degree in Electronics and communication from Mahatma Gandhi University of science and technology, Kerala, India, and M.Tech. degree from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala in 2006 and 2008 respectively. She is currently working towards her Ph.D.at School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and  Technology, Kerala. Her research interests includes improvement in coupling and bandwidth  enhancement of dielectric resonator antennas. 

Abdulla P., School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala

Abdulla P was born in Malappuram, Kerala, India in 1970. He received his B.Tech and M.Tech degrees from the University of  Calicut, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala in 1991 and 1993 respectively. He was awarded Ph. D. in 2008 from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He is now a professor at School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala. His research interests include dielectric resonator antenna, method of moments, microstrip antennas,
microstrip filters, waveguide, EMI/EMC etc. He has more than forty international publications in his credit.

Jasmine P. M., M.E.S. College Marampally, Aluva, Kerala

Jasmine P M: was born in Kerala, India in 1974. She received her B.Tech. from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala in 1995 and M.Tech. from University of Kerala in 2000. She is now an Associate Professor in M.E.S. College, Marampally, Aluva, Kerala. Her research interest includes, dielectric resonator antenna, method
of moments, waveguide, microwave filters etc. She has 14 international publications in her credit.

Raphika P. M., M.E.S. College Marampally, Aluva, Kerala

Raphika P M was born in Ernakulam, Kerala, India in 1974. She received B. Tech. Degree in Electronics from Govt. Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara, Ernakulam, Kerala in 1995 and M. Tech. Degree in Electronics from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala in 2001. She is now an associate Professor in M.E.S. College, Marampally, Aluva, Her research interest includes design and development of planar microwave filters. She has 14 international publications in her credit.

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2016-07-31

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Anu A. R., Abdulla P., Jasmine P. M., & Raphika P. M. (2016). Semicircular Aperture Coupled Hemispherical Dielectric Resonator Antenna. International Journal of Advances in Microwave Technology, 1(2), 53-57. Retrieved from https://ijamt.com/index.php/ijamt/article/view/75

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016): Volume 1, Issue 2 (August 2016)

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