Title :
Accurate Modeling of Miniaturized Microstrip Antenna on Locally Non-Homogeneous Substrates by the TLM-IE Method
Author :
Pierantoni, Luca ; Rozzi, Tullio
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettronica ed Automatica, UniversitÃ\xa0 di Ancona, Italy, Via Brecce Bianche 12, I-60131, Ancona, Italy. Fax: +39 071 280 4334; tel: +39 071 280 4891; e-mail: l.pierantoni@ee.unian.it
Abstract :
In this contribution we present an accurate modeling of a novel class of patch antenna which realizes a compromise between radiation efficiency and dime nsions. The e.m. analysis is performed by means of the efficient Transmission Line Matrix-Integral Equation (TLM-IE) method which permits to model exact radiating boundary conditions. The calculated return-loss is compared to the measured one, showing very good agreement.
Keywords :
Antenna arrays; Bandwidth; Boundary conditions; Dielectric losses; Dielectric substrates; Equations; Microstrip antennas; Permittivity; Transmission line matrix methods; Transmission line theory;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2002. 32nd European
Conference_Location :
Milan, Italy
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.2002.339381
