A slot-line-excited equilateral-triangular dielectric resonator antenna (DR
A) of very high permittivity (epsilon (r) = 82) is investigated experimenta
lly. The triangular DRA is operated at its fundamental broadside TM1.0.-1-m
ode. An improved bandwidth of similar to5%, which is 1.7 times higher than
in the previous aperture-coupled version, is obtained for the new configura
tion. The return loss, radiation patterns, and antenna gain of the new conf
iguration are presented. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.