ANALYSIS OF DIELECTRIC-RESONATOR ANTENNAS WITH EMPHASIS ON HEMISPHERICAL STRUCTURES

In this article, an overview is given for the development of dielectric-resonator antennas. A detailed analysis and study of the hemispherical structure, excited by a coaxial probe or a slot aperture, is then given, using the dyadic Green's functions pertaining to an electric-current source or a magnetic-current source, located in a dielectric sphere. The integral equation for a hemispherical dielectric-resonator antenna (DRA), excited by either a coaxial probe or a slot aperture, is obtained. The integral equation is solved using the method of moments (MoM). The antenna characteristics, such as input impedance, radiation patterns, directivity, and efficiency, are computed numerically, around the resonant frequency of the TE111 mode (the HEM11 mode for cylindrical coordinates). The computed input impedance is compared with numerical and experimental data available in the literature.