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Dielectric Resonator Antenna

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-10-C-0186
Agency Tracking Number: N093-173-0628
Amount: $150,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N093-173
Solicitation Number: 2009.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-01-15
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-07-15
Small Business Information
55 John Clarke Road
Middletown, RI 02842
United States
DUNS: 808071695
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Yes
Principal Investigator
 Kalyan Ganesan
 CTO
 (401) 855-6721
 kganesan@minervatechnology.com
Business Contact
 Bhanu Ganesan
Title: President
Phone: (401) 855-6721
Email: bganesan@minervatechnology.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The objective of this proposal is to design and develop multimode dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs) operating in a wide frequency band from 30 MHz to 2 GHz covering VHF/UHF Line-of-site (LOS) communications, UHF Satellite communications, and L band including GPS frequencies. The DRA elements have many advantages such as wideband nature, small size, and high power capability as compared with microstrip antennas. The DRA is often made of high dielectric constant materials with very low loss tangent, which makes it attractive for high frequency applications where the conduction loss will be much smaller than for microstrip antennas. DRA elements are essentially lossless and have high radiation efficiency when appropriately excited. Thus, DRAs may be able to meet performance requirements at a lower power level, or may be able to even further improve performance due to their higher power handling capability. Because they are resonant antennas, however, their configuration must be carefully designed to achieve the desired bandwidth, polarization characteristics, and radiation patterns.

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