Wideband Meta-dielectric Resonator Antenna

Authors

  • Wenke Jiang Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China
  • Guanghui Xu Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China, East China Research Institute of Electronic Engineering Hefei 230088, China, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Design and Electromagnetic Compatibility of High-Speed Electronics Systems Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Yanbin Luo East China Research Institute of Electronic Engineering Hefei 230088, China
  • Zhixiang Huang Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China
  • Wei Wang East China Research Institute of Electronic Engineering Hefei 230088, China
  • Mouping Jin East China Research Institute of Electronic Engineering Hefei 230088, China
  • Hong-Li Peng Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Design and Electromagnetic Compatibility of High-Speed Electronics Systems Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2025.ACES.J.400507

Keywords:

Dielectric resonator antenna, metamaterial, stable radiation pattern, wideband

Abstract

A novel wideband meta-dielectric resonator antenna (MDRA) is presented in this paper. Metamaterial technology is introduced to broaden the impedance bandwidth of the DRA. The proposed MDRA comprises a 4×4 array of subwavelength meta-dielectric resonator cuboids (0.096λ0×0.096λ0×0.116λ0, where λ0 denotes the free space wavelength at the center frequency) fed by a microstrip-slot configuration. The proposed MDRA achieves a wideband -10 dB impedance bandwidth of 36% (1.88-2.71 GHz) with a stable radiation pattern. Due to its advantages of low profile, simple structure, wide bandwidth and stable radiation pattern, the MDRA may be applied to the wideband wireless communication systems.

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Author Biographies

Wenke Jiang, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China

Wenke Jiang was born in 1998. He received his B.S. degree from Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China, in 2022. He is currently pursuing his M.S. degree at Anhui University. His current research interests include dielectric resonator antenna and millimeter-wave antenna.

Guanghui Xu, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China, East China Research Institute of Electronic Engineering Hefei 230088, China, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Design and Electromagnetic Compatibility of High-Speed Electronics Systems Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Guanghui Xu was born in 1986. He received the B.E. degree from Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, China, in 2009, the M.E. degree from Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2019. His research interests include millimeter-wave (mm-wave) antenna and reconfigurable antennas.

Yanbin Luo, East China Research Institute of Electronic Engineering Hefei 230088, China

Yanbin Luo received the B.S. degree from the China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China, in 2015. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China. His research interests include graphene/GaAs nanowire photodetectors, graphene reconfigurable antennas, wideband antennas and miniaturized antennas.

Zhixiang Huang, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China

Zhixiang Huang was born in 1979. He received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Anhui University, Hefei, China, in 2002 and 2007, respectively. His research interests include theoretical and computational research in electromagnetics and imaging, focusing on multiphysics and interdisciplinary research, and fundamental and applied aspects in metamaterials and activemetamaterials.

Wei Wang, East China Research Institute of Electronic Engineering Hefei 230088, China

Wei Wang received the Ph.D. degree in navigation, guidance, and control from Harbin Engineering University (HEU), Harbin, China, in 2005. He was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, from July 2006 to April 2009. His current research interests include location, mapping, and image processing.

Mouping Jin, East China Research Institute of Electronic Engineering Hefei 230088, China

Mouping Jin received the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic field and microwave technology from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2000. His current research interests include antenna systems and microwave passive devices.

Hong-Li Peng, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Design and Electromagnetic Compatibility of High-Speed Electronics Systems Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Hong-Li Peng was born in Shangluo, China, in 1966. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 1988, 1991, and 2005, respectively. His current research interests mainly include tunable RF and microwave passive circuits research, reconfigurable compact antennas/array analysis and design, and spatial wireless channel modeling.

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2025-05-30

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W. . Jiang, “Wideband Meta-dielectric Resonator Antenna”, ACES Journal, vol. 40, no. 05, pp. 436–442, May 2025.

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2025: Vol 40 Iss 5

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