{"title":"Design of a plexiglass rod antenna","authors":"T. Lonský, P. Hazdra","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2017.7932300","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A dielectric rod antenna designed for maximal gain at the frequency band of 5-6 GHz is presented in this paper. A simulation using CST Microwave Studio results in gains of 12 to 15 dBi with beamwidths of 30° in both E and H planes making the dielectric rod antenna a sensible alternative to Yagi-Uda antennas as it performs in a similar fashion and is less sensitive to manufacturing tolerances. Multiple polymers were measured in order to find proper material for the rod resulting in using a cheap, affordable and low-loss material plexiglass.","PeriodicalId":423206,"journal":{"name":"2017 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2017 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2017.7932300","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A dielectric rod antenna designed for maximal gain at the frequency band of 5-6 GHz is presented in this paper. A simulation using CST Microwave Studio results in gains of 12 to 15 dBi with beamwidths of 30° in both E and H planes making the dielectric rod antenna a sensible alternative to Yagi-Uda antennas as it performs in a similar fashion and is less sensitive to manufacturing tolerances. Multiple polymers were measured in order to find proper material for the rod resulting in using a cheap, affordable and low-loss material plexiglass.