Title :
Scale-changing technique for the computation of the input impedance of active patch antennas
Author :
Perret, Etienne ; Aubert, H.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Electronique, INET ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France
fDate :
6/27/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An original and efficient numerical technique is proposed for the calculation of the input impedance of active patch antennas. Based on the partition of the discontinuity plane in planar subdomains with various scale levels this technique allows the computation of this impedance from the simple cascade of networks, each network describing the electromagnetic coupling between two scale levels. The CPU time for the calculation of the input impedance is eight times less than that of the conventional method of moment (MoM).
Keywords :
active antennas; electromagnetic coupling; method of moments; microstrip antennas; active patch antennas; electromagnetic coupling; input impedance computation; method of moment; numerical technique; scale-changing technique; Central Processing Unit; Computer networks; Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Impedance; Moment methods; Patch antennas; Radio frequency; Transmission line matrix methods; Active antennas; scale-changing technique;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2005.853999
