A stacked dielectric magnetoelectric dipole antenna with embedded ceramics

Abstract A stacked dielectric magnetoelectric antenna with embedded ceramics (SDMEA-EC) is proposed. The antenna consists of a stacked dielectric resonator antenna with embedded ceramics and a leaf-shaped electric dipole (LSE-Dipole). To improve the performance of the magnetoelectric dipole antenna, a novel verification method is proposed by analyzing equivalent magnetic currents to meet the Huygens element principle. The stacked structure with embedded ceramics is helpful for expanding the impedance bandwidth. The electric dipole not only participates in the radiation but also is a part of the feed network, which simplifies the overall structure. The prototype of the proposed stacked dielectric resonator magnetoelectric antenna achieves an impedance bandwidth of 20.2 % in the high frequency band (5.35 GHz–6.55 GHz) and 13.4 % in the low frequency band (4.54 GHz–5.19 GHz), an over 6.7 dBi gain, and a cross-polarization discrimination (XPD) of greater than 30 dB.