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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Rogers Corporation, Chandler, AZ (US);
Kristi Pance, Auburndale, MA (US);
Karl E. Sprentall, Medford, MA (US);
Shawn P. Williams, Andover, MA (US);
Robert C. Daigle, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Stephen O'Connor, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Gianni Taraschi, Arlington, MA (US);
ROGERS CORPORATION, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
A dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) operable at a defined frequency includes: at least one volume of a dielectric material configured and structured to be responsive to a signal feed when electromagnetically coupled to the at least one volume of a dielectric material, the signal feed when present and electrically excited being productive of a main E-field component having a defined direction, Ē, in the DRA as observed in a plan view of the DRA; wherein the at least one volume of a dielectric material includes a non-gaseous dielectric material having a defined dielectric constant, the non-gaseous dielectric material having an inner region having a dielectric medium having a dielectric constant that is less than the dielectric constant of the non-gaseous dielectric material, at the defined frequency; wherein the inner region has a cross sectional overall height Hr as observed in an elevation view of the DRA, and a cross sectional overall width Wr in a direction parallel to the direction Ē as observed in the plan view of the DRA; and wherein Hr is greater than Wr/2.