A LTCC-based Loaded Dielectric Resonant Antenna

A novel X-band cylindrical dielectric resonant antenna loaded with dielectric slab designed on LTCC technology is proposed. The antenna is fed by a probe integrated with the dielectric built in the same LTCC stack. The designed antenna operates in the HEM
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mode and has a gain of 6.8 dB with the radiation efficiency of 90%. The bandwidth of 18.05% at the resonant frequency is obtained. These properties make this antenna suitable for satellite and terrestrial communications. Furthermore, the use of LTCC technology makes it possible to achieve very high levels of integration with other front-end components.