Design and optimization of silicon-based patch antennas using time-domain techniques

Author

DeJean, G. ; Bushyager, N. ; Dalton, E. ; Tentzeris, M.M. ; Papapolymerou, J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

8-10 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

329

Lastpage

332

Abstract

The simulated results of a silicon-based microstrip patch antenna are presented. The antenna structure includes an additional layer of low permittivity material sandwiched between the antenna and the silicon substrate. The simulations are performed using two in-house computer codes that make use of the multi-resolution time domain (MRTD) and the finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods to solve for the electromagnetic fields. These techniques are used for the modeling and optimization of various silicon-based antennas.

Keywords

electromagnetic fields; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antennas; optimisation; permittivity; silicon; FDTD methods; MRTD method; electromagnetic fields; finite difference time domain method; low permittivity material; microstrip patch antenna; multi-resolution time domain method; optimization; silicon substrate; silicon-based patch antennas; simulations; time-domain techniques; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Design optimization; Electromagnetic fields; Finite difference methods; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Permittivity; Silicon; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, 2004. Digest of Papers. 2004 Topical Meeting on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8703-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMIC.2004.1398237

Filename

1398237