Dielectric resonator antenna

About: Dielectric resonator antenna is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 8199 publications have been published within this topic receiving 111090 citations. The topic is also known as: DRA.

Dual polarization slot antenna assembly

Abstract: The invention discloses a slot antenna assembly for a wireless communications device having a printed wiring board element defining at least a ground plane and an input/output RF connection point. The antenna assembly further includes a dielectric element having a pair of opposed major surfaces; a conductive feed circuit disposed upon one of the major surfaces, said feed circuit coupled to the RF connection point of the printed wiring board; and a resonator circuit including a pair of resonator arms oriented approximately parallel to each other, said pair of resonator arms being coupled together via a conductive connection and defining a substantially elongate slot, one of said pair of resonator arms being conductively coupled to the feed circuit, and the other of said pair of resonator arms being conductively coupled to the ground plane of the printed wiring board. The slot antenna according to the present invention may be disposed within an associated wireless communications device relative to a ground plane element of a printed wiring board, or may be disposed separately away from the associated wireless communications device.

A Novel Dual-Mode Dual-Band Bandpass Filter Based on a Single Ring Resonator

Abstract: A dual-mode dual-band bandpass filter with two transmission poles in both passbands using a single ring resonator is proposed. Two excited ports are placed at the 135deg -separated positions along the ring resonator and coupled with the ring via parallel-coupled lines, leading to synchronous excitation of two transmission poles in dual passbands. After the principle of this initial filter is described, an improved ring resonator with periodic loading of open-circuited stubs is constructed and studied to achieve compact size and adjustable spacing between the two passbands. Finally, a dual-band ring resonator filter with center frequencies at 2.4 and 5.8 GHz is designed and fabricated. Measured results verify the design principle.

Built-in chip transponder with antenna coil

Abstract: An antenna circuit to be used in conjunction with a chip transponder such that the antenna circuit serves for both the reception of interrogative signals intended for the transponder as well as for response signals that are to be transmitted by the transponder. The antenna circuit has at least one magnetic circuit of high µ material, and is formed of ceramic core means, that have been built into a depression in a thick-walled surface intended to receive the chip transponder. This thick-walled surface may be of metal. The ceramic core means comprise at least a ceramic core resonator (2) and half a ceramic core (3) that functions as an antenna with its open side facing outward. In one aspect, the ceramic core resonator and the half ceramic core antenna are coupled by means of one or more secondary coils of the closed ceramic core, which also form the coils of the half ceramic core antenna. In another aspect, the secondary coil forms a resonating circuit with at least one capacitive element in series. In yet another aspect, the ceramic core resonator and the half ceramic core antenna are formed by one and the same half ceramic core, which may be closed in part by a magnetic covering disk. In yet another aspect, the resonator may consist of a half ceramic core which is placed against the back of the half ceramic core antenna.

A New Wideband Circularly Polarized Hybrid Dielectric Resonator Antenna

Abstract: Dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs) have been targeted in the past two decades as a potential solution for wideband antennas. Although DRAs offer wider frequency band and smaller size than patch antennas, their design to obtain good circular polarization over a wide frequency band can be challenging. In this letter, a new hybrid DRA has been investigated to produce circular polarization over a wide frequency band. The targeted application is to produce a compact antenna for satellite navigation systems. The obtained design was fabricated and measured, showing impedance matching from 1.08 to 1.82 GHz, i.e. over 50% bandwidth. The radiation characteristics of the antennas were also characterized. The achieved gain is over 1.5 dBic, and the axial ratio (AR) is under 1 dB at boresight over the 1.131.63 GHz frequency band. The half-power beamwidth is greater than 75°, and the axial ratio beamwidth (AR < 3 dB) is over 100° .

Wireless energy transfer using high Q resonators for lighting applications

Abstract: Described herein are improved capabilities for a source resonator having a Q-factor Q 1 >100 and a characteristic size x 1 coupled to an energy source, and a second resonator having a Q-factor Q 2 >100 and a characteristic size x 2 coupled to an energy drain located a distance D from the source resonator, where the source resonator and the second resonator are coupled to exchange energy wirelessly among the source resonator and the second resonator.