Recommended Citation
Postprint version. Published in IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium: Salt Lake City, UT, Volume 1, July 16, 2000, pages 10-13.
NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Dean Arakaki was not yet affiliated with Cal Poly.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.2000.873693.
Abstract
This paper presents an efficient method to solve the problem of radiation from conformal aperture and microstrip antennas mounted on arbitrarily shaped conducting bodies. The method, based on the surface equivalence and reciprocity principles, uses a combination of the finite difference time domain (FDTD) and method of moments (MoM) techniques to substantially improve the computational efficiency of the radiation pattern calculation. When the geometry and location of the radiating element are modified, only a small portion of the overall analysis requires re-simulation. This leads to a significant improvement in computational efficiency over presently used techniques, and can substantially improve the design efficiency when included in an optimization loop. The technique is first validated by solving two canonical problems, namely a thin slot which is oriented either axially or azimuthally on an infinitely long, perfectly conducting cylinder. Finally, patterns are computed for a cavity-backed elliptical patch antenna mounted on an infinite-length PEC cylinder and compared to patterns computed by an alternate method.
Disciplines
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Copyright
2000 IEEE.
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