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Design and Synthesis of Dielectric Resonator Antenna for 5G Wireless Networks, Device-to-Device and Satellite Communications Using Different Numerical Techniques

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In this paper a triple-band dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is designed using a 0.8 mm thicker Arlan FR-25 substrate, having relative dielectric constant of 3.58 and loss tangent of 0.0035. The antenna works in three unique frequency bands of 15, 16.3 and 18.5 GHz, lying in the sub-20 GHz spectrum. A stack of ten radiating elements of AR100 material, are installed at the centre of the proposed antenna structure. The DRA is excited through an elliptical aperture in the metallic plane via a 50 Ohm microstrip feed line, etched on the rear side of the Arlan FR-25 substrate. Stacked parasitic elements are incorporated around the central radiating element for achieving enhanced gain. The proposed DRA gives satisfactory gain and fractional bandwidth of (8.06 dB, 12%), (10.7 dB, 3%) and (7.03 dB, 2.73%) at 15, 16.3 and 18.3 GHz bands, respectively. The simulation results of the DRA are compared and validated using three different analysis techniques i.e., FIT (Finite Integration Technique), FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) Method and FEM (Finite Element Method). The designed antenna can be used for future fifth generation (5G) systems (15 GHz), internet of things (IoT) based device-to-device (D2D) communication and satellite applications (16.3–18.3 GHz).

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The authors acknowledge the funding of Researchers Supporting Project number (TURSP-2020/144), Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

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    Jawad Ahmad, Sadiq Ullah, Sheraz Khan, Hidayat Ullah, Umair Ul Haq & Wasi Ur Rehman Khan

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Ahmad, J., Ullah, S., Khan, S. et al. Design and Synthesis of Dielectric Resonator Antenna for 5G Wireless Networks, Device-to-Device and Satellite Communications Using Different Numerical Techniques. Wireless Pers Commun 121, 815–830 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-021-08660-4

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