A high-gain filtering DRA array for millimeter wave communication

Abstract

ABSTRACT A millimeter wave dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) array with high-gain and high-selectivity filtering response is proposed, which is composed of stacked feeding network and stacked DRA. The stacked feeding network consisting of two layers of thin substrate has the efficient characteristics to expand and integrate. The band-pass filter formed by complementary split ring resonator (CSRR) structure generates radiation nulls at the edge of the high-frequency band. With the improved filtering stubs loaded at the end of the H-shaped microstrip power divider, a radiation null at the edge of the low-frequency band is obtained and the roll-off degree at the edge of the high-frequency band is improved. By embedding the metal column in the fork-shaped stub, the suppression level of the low-frequency stopband is improved. A prototype of the proposed DRA array is fabricated and measured, which shows 7.2% relative bandwidth and a stable directional pattern in the range of 26.28–28.25 GHz with an average gain of 9.57 dBi. And an out-of-band suppression level of 18 dB is achieved. The DRA array can be applied for 5 G millimeter wave band to support high-speed communications at short distance.