A high gain and simple-structured dielectric resonator antenna array with cylindrical rods and microstrip feeding

作者:Liu, Yufeng; Chen, Xing*; Xu, Guanghui; Liu, Changjun; Huang, Kama
来源:International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 2015, 47(2): 433-440.
DOI:10.3233/JAE-140081

摘要

A novel microstrip-fed dielectric rod array antenna with high end-fire gain is proposed. It has simple structure, comprising a group of cylindrical dielectric rods and a microstrip corporate feeding network, and is low in cost. A prototype 4 x 4 array working at 8.0 GHz is designed, fabricated and measured. Simulation and measurement results show the antenna has encouraging performances, e.g. an impedance bandwidth (|S-11| < -10 dB) of 7.7%, an end-fire gain up to 20.3 dBi, side-lobes 13.5 dB below the main lobe, and linear polarization with the cross-polarization level less than -21 dB.