2023-03-11
A Polarization Reconfigurable Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna Using PIN Diode for X-Band Applications
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 116, 1-10, 2023
Abstract
A polarization reconfigurable dielectric resonator Antenna (DRA) is proposed for X-band applications. The antenna provides circularly polarized (CP) or linearly polarized (LP) radiations at the same frequency band. Altering the states of two PIN diode switches offers a choice of one of three polarization options: (i) LP radiation; (ii) left-hand CP (LHCP) radiation; (iii) right-hand CP (RHCP) radiation. The simulations and measurements are in close agreement, indicating that the LHCP and RHCP radiations have reconfigurable polarization traits with a 21.3% impedance bandwidth ranging from 9.6 to 11.9 GHz and a 3.4% for the LP radiation that extends from 10.2 to 10.5 GHz. There is simultaneously a maximum gain of 6.9 dBic with a circa 4% axial ratio (AR) bandwidth for the LHCP and RHCP radiations.
Citation
Akrem Amar Soltan, Salam Khamas, and Salman Majid Salman, "A Polarization Reconfigurable Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna Using PIN Diode for X-Band Applications," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 116, 1-10, 2023.
doi:10.2528/PIERM23011904
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