Title :
Efficient mutual coupling analysis of circular polarised microstrip antennas
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztechnik, Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Wessling, Germany
fDate :
2/2/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The current expansion of a circular polarised electrodynamically coupled patch in small rooftop basis functions gives excellent results but leads to numerical problems in the case of array computation. To increase efficiency the currents of each element in the array are approximated by the current distribution of a single isolated patch which leads to a tremendous decrease in computation time and shows good agreement with an exact calculation
Keywords :
antenna theory; approximation theory; current distribution; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antenna arrays; circular polarised microstrip antennas; current distribution; electrodynamically coupled patch; mutual coupling analysis; rooftop basis functions;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950143
