Patent ID: 6816118
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
A dielectric resonator antenna comprising a dielectric resonator structure and a plurality of feeding mechanisms for transferring energy into and from the dielectric resonator structure, the feeding mechanisms being configured so that different parts of the dielectric resonator structure are activatable independently of each other by way of electronic circuitry, characterized in that the dielectric resonator structure comprises a plurality of individual dielectric resonator elements arranged such that at least one side face of each dielectric resonator element is adjacent to at least one side face of a neighboring dielectric resonator element, and in that each dielectric resonator element is provided with its own feeding mechanism such that the dielectric resonator elements may be independently activated individually or in combination so as to produce at least one incrementally or continuously steerable beam, which may be steered through a predetermined angle.