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Abstract

A novel (2×2) high gain circularly polarized rectangular dielectric resonator antenna array integrated with helical-like exciter is proposed. The array offers a maximum gain of 12.9 dBi at the operating frequency. The circular polarization is obtained by incorporating helical-like exciter in the array structure. A prototype of the proposed configuration integrated with helical-like exciter has been fabricated and tested, and the idea has been verified. A good agreement has been obtained between the measured and simulated results.

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