Title :
Analysis of Millimeter Wave Conformal Antenna Array on Conical Surface
Author :
Yu, Yanmin ; Wu, Wen
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Optoelectron. Technol., Nanjing Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Nanjing
Abstract :
Microstrip antenna (MSA) is quite flexible and has been used as conformal antenna mounted on arbitrary surface. Conformal finite-difference time-domain (CFDTD) method has shown excellent versatility. In this paper, CFDTD is applied to analyze microstrip patch antenna mounted on conical surface. Based on the analysis, an omnidirectional 4times4 millimeter wave (MMW) conformal microstrip antenna array which works at 35 GHz is developed. The measured data shows good agreement with simulation.
Keywords :
conformal antennas; conical antennas; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; CFDTD model; arbitrary surface; conformal antenna; conformal finite-difference time-domain method; conical surface; flexible antenna; frequency 35 GHz; microstrip patch antenna; millimeter wave conformal antenna array; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Finite difference methods; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Patch antennas; Surface waves; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas, Propagation & EM Theory, 2006. ISAPE '06. 7th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Guilin
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0162-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0163-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISAPE.2006.353458
