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A Review of Circularly Polarized Dielectric Resonator Antennas: Recent Developments and Applications
Nur Akmal Abd Rahman1, Mohd Najib Mohd Yasin1, Imran Mohd Ibrahim2
1Advanced Communication Engineering (ACE) Centre of Excellence, Faculty Electronic Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Kangar 01000, Perlis, Malaysia.
Abstract:
A comprehensive review on recent developments and applications of circularly polarized (CP) dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs) is proposed in this paper. DRAs have received more considerations in various applications due to their advantages such as wide bandwidth, high gain, high efficiency, low losses, and low profile. A broad justification for circular polarization and DRAs is stated at the beginning of the review. Various techniques such as single feed, dual, or multiple feeds used by different researchers for generating circular polarization in DRAs are briefly studied in this paper. Multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) CP DRAs, which can increase channel capacity, link reliability, and data rate, have also been analyzed. Additionally, innovative design solutions for broadening the circular polarization bandwidth and reducing mutual coupling are studied. Several applications of DRA are also discussed comprehensively. This paper finishes with concluding remarks.
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