A critical review on the development of multi-geometrical stacked wideband dielectric resonator antenna
Mohamad Faiz Mohamed Omar, Ihsan Ahmad Zubir, Shahanawaz Kamal, Jagadheswaran A.L. Rajendran, Julie Juliewatty Mohamed, Zainal Arifin Ahmad, Mohd Fadzil Ain, Sharul Kamal Abdul Rahim
Abstract
Dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs) use dielectric material as a resonator to accomplish high radiation efficiency and avoid severe conductor loss. The dielectric material that behaves as a resonator is plagued by a number of limitations, including strong cross-polarised (XP) radiation and difficulties integrating with any development platform. Yet, it also offers a lot of benefits, including compact size, lightweight, affordable price, and diversity in form, including cylindrical, rectangular, conical, and ring. A discussion of DRAs, covering DRA propagation modes, geometries, feeding mechanisms, and different bandwidth augmentation approaches, is presented. A stacked arrangement with two or more DRs has achieved the widest impedance bandwidth (BW). The perforated topology is a straightforward alternative for increasing the DRA’s bandwidth while maintaining a small, discrete size.