A technique for analysing UWB antennas using the TLM method

Author

Held, Sebastian ; Neinhus, Markus ; Waldow, Peter ; Beyer, Adalbert

Author_Institution

IMST, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, a technique for antenna analysis with the help of Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) Method is presented. In order to simulate a free space environment the TLM method requires the use of an absorbing boundary condition. The latter is realized by the EPML (extended perfectly matched layer). For the applicability of the technique proposed, a bow-tie and Vivaldi antenna are analyzed. Subsequently, numerical, as well as experimental results are introduced and discussed. These results obtained demonstrate the capability of this simulation technique for practical broad-band antenna design.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; bow-tie antennas; electromagnetic wave reflection; transmission line matrix methods; ultra wideband antennas; EPML; TLM method; UWB antenna analysis; Vivaldi antenna analysis; absorbing boundary condition; bow-tie antenna analysis; broad-band antenna design; extended perfectly matched layer; free space environment; radiation pattern; reflection coefficient; transmission line matrix method; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Reflection coefficient; Time-domain analysis; Ultra wideband antennas; Vivaldi antennas; Vivaldi antenna; bow-tie antenna; extended perfectly matched layer (EPML); radiation pattern; reflection coefficient; transmission line matrix (TLM) method;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Budapest

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193413

Filename

7193413