Thermally tunable slot-coupled dielectric resonator antenna

A thermally tunable slot-coupled dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) has been designed and prepared by placing a thermosensitive ceramic resonator onto the slot. Typical magnetic resonance occurs in the resonator, which is closely related to its dielectric constant. Because the dielectric constant of the ceramic resonator decreases as the temperature increases, the resonance frequency of the proposed DRA increases as the temperature increases. The simulated results are in good agreement with the measured ones, which confirms the thermally tunable behavior. This approach provides a way for designing the frequency tunable antennas.