The design of a wideband circularly polarized pixelated dielectric resonator antenna using a real-coded genetic algorithm (GA) is presented for far-field wireless power transfer applications. The antenna consists of a dielectric resonator (DR) which is discretized into 8 × 8 grid DR bars. The real-coded GA is utilized to estimate the optimal heights of the 64 DR bars to realize circular polariz...

Optical nanoantennas are capable of enhancing the near-field intensity and confining optical energy within a small spot size. We report a novel metal-dielectric-metal coupled-nanorods antenna integrated on the facet of a quantum-cascade laser. Finite-difference time-domain simulations showed that, for dielectric thicknesses in the range from 10 to 30 nm, peak optical intensity at the top of the...

The theory of the dielectric cone antenna has been known since the early seventies. On their own, this antenna has a reasonably circular symmetric radiation pattern but exhibits an undesirably high side-lobe level. A properly designed metallic shield, which does not interfere with the field structure of the dielectric cone, may be used to reduce the side-lobe level. Although in principle this a...

We present measurements of the spatial response of infrared dipole and bow-tie lithographic antennas. Focused 10.6-microm radiation was scanned in two dimensions across the receiving area of each antenna. Deconvolution of the beam profile allowed the spatial response to be measured. The in-plane width of the antenna's spatial response extends approximately one dielectric wavelength beyond the m...

The study of Micro strip patch antenna is proposed by using artificial neural network. The geometry modelled for the study is rectangular patch type which will be mounted on ferrite substrate. The artificial neural network is used to study the modelled micro strip antenna by using synthesis and analytical approach. The relation between different parameter and dimensions of micro strip antenna a...

This paper reports the design of a Ka-band Equilateral triangular patch antenna (ETPA) fabricated using postCMOS and post-MMIC compatible process technology. The antenna uses an air-cavity underneath the patch radiator that is supported on thin dielectric membrane. The antenna structure was analysed and optimised using the finite element method (FEM) based Agilent High Frequency Structure Simul...

In this paper, a novel multi-permittivity cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna for wideband application is presented. The multi-permittivity cylinder is formed by combining two different permittivity material sectors in such a way that each sector (with constant permittivity) is 90 degree apart. A direct microstrip line coupling terminated with T-stub at the open end is used to excite the m...

For WLAN/WIMAX applications, a brand-new tree-shaped metamaterial-loaded microstrip antenna is suggested. The reduced ground plane size and 4.4 dielectric constant (r) 0.02 loss tangent (δ) are used to manufacture the 15 × 16 1.6 mm3 antenna. Two X-shaped slots added achieve characteristics needed for WIMAX applications at 5.5 GHz. Additionally, split-ring resonator structure increase its bandw...

Modern wireless and mobile communication systems requires antenna which should have light weight, low profile, low cost, and easy to be integrated with RF devices. This demand is completed by microstrip antennas. This paper presents rectangular microstrip patch antenna for WLAN applications designed using IE3D software. The microstrip antenna is designed with dielectric substrate as Rogers RT/d...