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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2014)

Published: September 30, 2014

Pages: 48-54

Original Article

Two Elements Elliptical Slot CDRA Array with Corporate Feeding For X-Band Applications

Abdulkareem S. Abdullah 1 Asmaa H. Majeed Khalil H. Sayidmarie 2 Raed A. Abd- Alhameed 3
1Dept. of Electrical Engineering University of Basrah Basrah, Iraq
2Dept. of Communication Engineering University of Mosul Mousul, Iraq
3School of Engineering, Design and Technology University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
History
  • Received: July 30, 2014
  • Available Online: September 30, 2014
DOI

https://doi.org/10.37917/ijeee.10.1.6

Abstract

In this paper, a compact two-element cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna (CDRA) array with corporate feeding is proposed for X-band applications. The dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) array is excited by a microstrip feeder using an efficient aperture-coupled method. The designed array antenna is analyzed using a CST microwave studio. The fabricated sample of the proposed CDRA antenna array showed bandwidth extending from 10.42GHz to 12.84GHz (20.8%). The achieved array gain has a maximum of 9.29dB i at frequency of 10.7GHz. This is about 2.06dB i enhancement of the gain in comparison with a single pellet CDRA. The size of the whole antenna structure is about 50  50mm 2 .

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