Comparison of the radiation efficiency for the dielectric resonator antenna and the microstrip antenna at Ka band

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3589-3592

  Lai, Qinghua ^a,b   Almpanis, Georgios ^a   Fumeaux, Christophe ^c   Benedickter, Hansruedi ^a   Vahldieck, Ruediger ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dielectric resonator antenna (DRA); Microstrip antenna (MDRA); Millimeter wave band; Radiation efficiency

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC RESONATORS; FEEDING; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RESONATORS;

CIRCULAR DISKS; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNA (DRA); DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNAS; FEEDING NETWORKS; FEEDING STRUCTURES; KA BANDS; MILLIMETER-WAVE FREQUENCIES; RADIATION EFFICIENCIES; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; SAMPLING INTERVALS; SIMULATED RESULTS; TEST SYSTEMS; WHEELER CAP METHODS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 57149127546     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.2005551     Document Type: Article

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