Title :
Improvement of accuracy of extraction of radiation patterns from FDTD modelling of axisymmetrical antennas
Author :
Gwarek, Wojciech ; Olszewska, M.
Author_Institution :
Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-665 Poland
Abstract :
This paper presents a discussion on the accuracy of extraction of radiation patterns of BOR antennas from FDTD simulations. The effect of the “main beam shadow” causing errors in extracted back radiation was explained. The methods of its elimination were proposed.
Keywords :
BOR structures; FDTD method; accuracy; electromagnetic simulations; validation;
Conference_Titel :
Computation in Electromagnetics (CEM 2011), IET 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wroclaw
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2011.0012