Title :
Tapered slot antenna analysis using finite difference time domain simulation
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Lab., Redhill, UK
Abstract :
The finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique can be used to simulate radiation from small arbitrarily tapered slot antennas. Simulation of radiation from a simple antenna´s flare is used to illustrate how the shape of the wavefronts radiating from the flare are well defined within a wavelength or so of the flare. Qualitative aspects of the antenna pattern can be estimated from inspection of these wavefronts and used studying the antenna´s design
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; difference equations; microstrip antennas; time-domain analysis; antenna analysis; antenna design; antenna pattern; antenna simulations; finite difference time domain simulation; flare; tapered slot antenna; wavefronts; wavelength;
Conference_Titel :
Millimetre-Wave and Quasi-Optical Antennas, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
