Dielectric Resonator Antenna Handbook


Book Description

Today, more and more antenna engineers are viewing the Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) as a preferable alternative to conventional low-gain designs because of several attractive features, including high radiation, light weight, small size and low profile. This practical resource presents complete, up-to-date details on DRAs in a single volume. The book provides professionals with clear guidance on the mode of operation and radiation behavior of DRAs, the main methods of excitation, and the major advances in DRA technology. This hands-on reference equips engineers with simple equations and graphs that help them rapidly design DRAs, without the need for complex analytical or numerical calculations. Numerous design examples are included to give practitioners a sense of the versatility that DRAs afford.




Circularly Polarized Dielectric Resonator Antennas


Book Description

This book introduces 5 key feeding techniques such as coaxial probe, microstrip, conformal strip, aperture, and coplanar waveguide and covers different shapes of dielectric resonator antennas leading to improvement in circularly polarized (CP) performance. It introduces advancements in the field of dielectric resonator antennas and dilectric resonator antennas (DRAs). Five different types of feeding techniques (i.e. coaxial probe, microstrip, conformal strip, aperture, and coplanar waveguide) are described for obtaining CP followed by two modified shaped DRA (sector DRAs). Throughout this book, rectangular and circular with their modified shapes of the dielectric resonator are utilized, providing differing degrees of freedom as well as different variable parameters, including length, width, height, radius, aspect ratio and dielectric constant, which are tuned to obtain the desired antenna parameters.




Dielectric Resonator Antennas


Book Description

The use of dielectric resonator as a resonant antenna was proposed in 1983. Due to the absence of metallic loss, the dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is highly efficient when operated at millimetre wave frequencies. With the use of high dielectric constant material, the DRA can also be used as a small and low profile antenna operated at low microwave frequencies. Low cost dielectric materials are now easily available commercially, encouraging more antenna engineers to design communication systems with DRAs.




Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antennas


Book Description

This book covers resonating modes inside device and gives insights into antenna design, impedance and radiation patterns. It discusses how higher-order modes generation and control impact bandwidth and antenna gain. The text covers new approaches in antenna design by investigation hybrid modes, H_Z and E_Z fields available simultaneously, and analysis and modelling on modes with practical applications in antenna design. The book will be prove useful to students, researchers and professionals alike.







Terahertz Dielectric Resonator Antennas for High Speed Communication and Sensing


Book Description

This book covers the theory, modelling, design and implementations of Terahertz Dielectric Resonator Antenna technologies at microwave, terahertz or optical frequencies for future applications in wireless high-speed communication, wireless personal communication and sensor networks. Case studies with prototype models are included.




Microstrip Patch Antennas


Book Description

Microstrip patch antennas have become the favorite of antenna designers because of its versatility and advantages of planar profile, ease of fabrication, compatibility with integrated circuit technology, and conformability with a shaped surface. As there is currently an urgent need for graduate students and practicing engineers to gain an in-depth understanding of this subject, this book was written with this purpose in mind. The authors are IEEE Fellows who have made significant contributions to their fields of expertise. Professor K F Lee was the recipient of the 2009 John Kraus Antenna Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.




Innovations in Cyber Physical Systems


Book Description

The book presents a collection of peer-reviewed articles from the International Conference on Innovations in Cyber Physical Systems (ICICPS 2020). The conference provided opportunities for the presentation of new research results and discussion about them. It was also an opportunity to generation of new ideas in all CPS aspects, including theory, tools, applications, systems, test-beds and field deployments. The range of topics explored is wide, and covers security, control, optimization, machine learning, game theory, mechanism design, mobile and cloud computing, model-based design, verification, data mining/analytics, signal processing, and human-in-the-loop shared or supervisory control. This book will be useful to researchers, students, industrialist, developers, and practitioners alike.




Planar Antennas


Book Description

This comprehensive reference text discusses fundamental concepts, applications, design techniques, and challenges in the field of planar antennas. The text focuses on recent advances in the field of planar antenna design and their applications in various fields of research, including space communication, mobile communication, wireless communication, and wearable applications. This resource presents planar antenna design concepts, methods, and techniques to enhance the performance parameters and applications for IoTs and device-to-device communication. The latest techniques used in antenna design, including their structures defected ground, MIMO, and fractal design, are discussed comprehensively. The text will be useful for senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and academic researchers in fields including electrical engineering, electronics, and communication engineering.




Switched Parasitic Antennas for Cellular Communications


Book Description

"Presenting information typically not found in other books, the authors explore the numerous advantages of these antennas - including high-speed signal acquisition, fixed input impedance, low loss, and small footprint. Professionals find practical design examples, strategies, and optimization methods for designing economical switched parasitic antennas for applications such as direction finding and multibeam communications systems. Cutting-edge technologies and applications such as MEMs RF switches are also discussed."--Jacket.