Simulation of circular patch antenna on a sphere using the conformal finite difference time domain (CFDTD) algorithm

Author

Du, K. ; Farahat, N. ; Raouf, H.A. ; Su, T. ; Yu, W.H. ; Mittra, R.

Author_Institution

Electromagn. Commun. Lab., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

988

Abstract

The conformal finite difference time domain (CFDTD) algorithm is employed in this paper to simulate the radiation and impedance characteristics of circular microstrip patches mounted on a spherical surface. Numerical results not only demonstrate its versatility, but the accuracy and numerical efficiency of the CFDTD method as well.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; conformal antennas; electric impedance; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antennas; CFDTD; circular patch antenna simulation; conformal finite difference time domain algorithm; impedance characteristics; numerical efficiency; radiation characteristics; spherical surface mounted circular microstrip patches; Electromagnetic radiation; Finite difference methods; Geometry; Message-oriented middleware; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Phased arrays; Surface impedance; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7846-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2003.1219401

Filename

1219401