Material Property Characterization of Dielectric Resonators at Near 5G Frequencies

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- Author:
- Marakovits, Michael
- Area of Honors:
- Engineering Science
- Degree:
- Bachelor of Science
- Document Type:
- Thesis
- Thesis Supervisors:
- Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Supervisor
Gary L. Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor - Keywords:
- 5G
Dielectric Resonators
Material Property Characterization
coupling - Abstract:
- With the increasing adoption of the 5G mobile network, people can stay connected and have the ability to transmit lots of data at incredibly fast speeds. However, in order to better optimize the 5G network, materials' interactions with electromagnetic waves near the 5G frequency range need to be studied. This senior thesis will study how electromagnetic waves in the near 5G frequency range of 2-12 GHz will affect the material properties and resonant frequencies that Zirconium Tin Oxide dielectric resonators will allow to be transmitted through it. This research will be performed to see if dielectric resonators are materials that can be used to better propagate 5G signals. Experimentally, single dielectric resonators as well as two dielectric resonators measured together will be subjected to near 5G waves in order to study the frequencies at which these materials transmit most of the signal through as opposed to reflecting the signal. In two resonator systems, the separation distance between the two resonators will be changed in order to see how the resonant peaks change as the separation distance increases. Also, the boundary conditions under which these dielectric resonators are measured will be changed to see how the changing boundary conditions affect the resonant frequencies that the dielectric resonators will transmit. As a result of these findings, when two resonators were measured, each original resonant frequency was split in two neighboring resonant frequencies. Finally, as the separation distance increases in two resonator systems, the two resonant peaks come closer together and the change in frequency between the two peaks decreases.