CAD package to design rectangular probe-fed microstrip antennas conformed on cylindrical structures

Author

Heckler, Marcos V T ; Bonadiman, M. ; Schildberg, Ricardo ; Cividanes, Lucio ; Lacava, J.C.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Inst. Tecnologico de Aeronaut., Sao Jose de Campos, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

747

Abstract

This paper describes a homemade CAD package developed to design and analyze rectangular probe-fed microstrip antennas conformed on cylindrical structures. This CAD (named Cylindrical) provides a friendly environment, making the design and analysis of these antennas easy. The theory used to develop the software is described first. Then, a right-handed circularly polarized antenna to operate at 2.25 GHz is designed. The main characteristics of this element, such as input impedance, axial ratio and radiation patterns are presented. The theoretical results show good agreement when compared with experimental data.

Keywords

CAD; UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; conformal antennas; electrical engineering computing; microstrip antennas; 2.25 GHz; CAD package; antennas design; axial ratio; cavity model; circular polarization; conformal antennas; cylindrical structures; input impedance; radiation patterns; rectangular probe-fed microstrip antennas; Antenna radiation patterns; Antenna theory; Design automation; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Optical polarization; Packaging; Probes; Receiving antennas; Satellite antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1242672

Filename

1242672