Cylindrical ring dielectric loaded horizontally polarized omnidirectional antenna for wideband radiation

A wideband horizontally polarized omnidirectional antenna with a cylindrical ring dielectric (CRD) loaded is proposed. Compared with the conventional alford-structure loop antenna (ASLA), the impedance and radiation pattern bandwidths are broadened by loading a CRD to the ASLA with two wing sections. The designed antenna is fabricated and measured, and good performance has been obtained. The measured reflection coefficient is less than −10 dB over the frequency band 1.63-2.8 GHz, i.e., 52.8%, which can cover 2G/3G/LTE band totally. The gain variation in all directions of horizontal plane is less than 1.4 dB in the whole band. The maximum gain is 1.56dBi throughout the operating band and it appears at 1.66 GHz. It is worth noting that the gain is around 1dBi and almost constant from 1.9 GHz to 2.7 GHz. Besides, the designed antenna has a compact size of 0.55λ × 0.55λ × 0.057λ, λ is for the lowest frequency of the operating band.