• DocumentCode
    2170850
  • Title

    The analysis of a printed dipole antenna array using an enhanced Finite Difference Time Domain method

  • Author

    Railton, Chris J. ; Hilton, Geoff.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Communications Research, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1UB, UK. Tel: (+44)(0)117 954 5175, Fax: (+44)(0)117 954 5206 email: chris.railton@bris.ac.uk
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    23-26 Sept. 2002
  • Firstpage
    351
  • Lastpage
    354
  • Abstract
    The Finite Difference Time Domain method is well suited for the solution of complex electromagnetic problems, such as antenna array characterisation, but it can suffer from the requirement of large amounts of computer resources. In this contribution, a number of enahncements to the FDTD method are applied to the analysis of an array of printed dipole antenna elements leading to a reduction in computer resources by an order of magnitude compared to standard approaches while achieving similar accuracy.
  • Keywords
    Antenna arrays; Conductors; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic analysis; Finite difference methods; Impedance matching; Strips; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2002. 32nd European
  • Conference_Location
    Milan, Italy
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.2002.339294
  • Filename
    4140374