Wideband dielectric resonator antenna

• US 7,667,666 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2007
• Issued: 02/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Kiang, Jean-Fu, Chang, Tze-Hsuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens; Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hu; Jennifer F
• Application Number:
  US11/826,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20080278378A1
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/909, 343/911.L, 343/846, 343/785, 343/911.R
• US Class Current: 343/911.00R
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0485 Dielectric resonator antennas

Abstract

An antenna comprises a substrate, a feed conductor, a ground layer, a resonator and a short-circuited element. The substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface. The feed conductor is formed on the first surface. The ground layer is formed on the second surface, comprising an aperture. The resonator is disposed on the ground layer, comprising a body and a notch, the notch is formed on a first side of the body, wherein the first side is perpendicular to the ground layer. The short-circuited element is disposed on the first side connecting the ground layer.

Claims

1. An antenna, comprising:

a substrate, comprising a first surface and a second surface;

a feed conductor, formed on the first surface;

a ground layer, formed on the second surface, comprising an aperture;

a resonator, disposed on the ground layer, comprising a body and a notch, wherein the body has a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, the first side and the second side are perpendicular to the ground layer, the third side and the fourth side are parallel to the ground layer, the fourth side contacts the ground layer, and the notch is carved off the body at the first side and extending from the third side to the fourth side;

wherein

the first side defines a planar surface; and

a short-circuited element, disposed on the first side connecting the ground layer, extending along the planar surface.

2. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resonator is a dielectric resonator.

3. The antenna as claimed in claim 2, wherein the dielectric resonator is made of the materials with dielectric constant larger than 10.

4. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body is cubical.

5. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the notch is cubical.

6. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the short-circuited element is a metal sheet.

7. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body overlaps the aperture.

8. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feed conductor extends on a first axis, the aperture extends on a second axis, and the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis.

9. The antenna as claimed in claim 8, wherein the feed conductor extends over and passes a center of the aperture.

10. The antenna as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the first side.

11. The antenna as claimed in claim 8, wherein the body defines a contact area on the ground layer, and the first axis passes a center of the contact area.

12. The antenna as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first axis is parallel to a major axis of the body.

13. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a feed point and a ground point, the feed point is located on an end of the feed conductor, and the ground point is located on the ground layer.

14. An antenna design method, comprising:

providing the antenna as claimed in claim 1;

modifying a dimension of the body to modulate a transmission frequency of the antenna; and

modifying a dimension of the notch to fine-tune the transmission frequency and increase a transmission bandwidth thereof.

15. The antenna design method as claimed in claim 14, wherein when the antenna transmits a wireless signal, the wireless signal travels from the feed conductor, passing the aperture, the body and the notch to the short-circuited element.