DocumentCode :
1138715
Title :
CYLINDRICAL: an effective CAD package for designing probe-fed rectangular microstrip antennas conformed onto cylindrical structures
Author :
Salazar, A.F.T. ; Heckler, M. ; Nascimento, D. ; Schildberg, R. ; da S. Lacava, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Antenas e Propagagao Praga Mai. Eduardo Gomes, Inst. Tecnol. de Aeronaut., Sao Jose dos Campos
Volume :
50
Issue :
1
fYear :
2008
Firstpage :
164
Lastpage :
169
Abstract :
This paper presents a computer-aided design tool named CYLINDRICAL. The algorithm utilizes the cavity model to design and analyze linearly and circularly polarized probe-fed rectangular microstrip antennas conformed onto cylindrical structures. A brief description of the program is given. CYLINDRICAL was used to design a circularly polarized antenna to operate in the L1 band of GPS. Validation was further done with the Ansoft HFSS package. It was shown that the antenna dimensions given by the design algorithm of CYLINDRICAL needed to be only slightly changed in order to obtain an optimized circularly polarized radiator according to the HFSS software. The tool is also very suitable for teaching graduate courses on microstrip antennas.
Keywords :
CAD; Global Positioning System; antenna feeds; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antennas; telecommunication computing; Ansoft HFSS software package; CYLINDRICAL CAD package; GPS; circularly polarized probe-fed rectangular microstrip antenna design; computer-aided design tool; cylindrical structure; microstrip antenna graduate course teaching; optimized circularly polarized radiator; Aircraft navigation; Algorithm design and analysis; Antennas and propagation; Design automation; Design optimization; Global Positioning System; Microstrip antennas; Packaging; Polarization; Software algorithms;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1045-9243
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.2008.4494524
Filename :
4494524
Link To Document :
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