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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
Rogers Corporation, Chandler, AZ (US);
Kristi Pance, Aubumdale, MA (US);
Karl E. Sprentall, Medford, MA (US);
Shawn P. Williams, Andover, MA (US);
ROGERS CORPORATION, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
A dielectric resonator antenna, DRA, includes: a ground structure; a plurality of volumes of dielectric materials disposed on the ground structure having N volumes Vto V, N being an integer equal to or greater than 3; a signal feed disposed and structured to be electromagnetically coupled to one or more of the plurality of volumes of dielectric materials; wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of volumes of dielectric materials have different dielectric constants with respect to each other; wherein each volume Vto Vincludes a dielectric material other than air; and, wherein at least volume Vhas a cross sectional shape as observed in an elevation view with an overall height that is greater than half its respective overall width.