Title :
Design of a microstrip conform GPS patch antenna
Author :
Kolev, Nickolai Zhelev
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Naval Acad., Varna, Bulgaria
Abstract :
A design and investigation of a small conform microstrip GPS patch antenna is carried out. A cavity and TLM models are used to find the initial dimensions of the antenna. A NURBS model together with surface equivalence principle is applied for electromagnetic simulation of the antenna model with the FEKO® (C.A. Balanis 1997) moment method software. The antenna is tested experimentally and results are presented and discussed.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; gravitation; method of moments; microstrip antennas; transmission line matrix methods; FEKO; NURBS model; TLM models; electromagnetic simulation; microstrip conform GPS patch antenna; moment method software; surface equivalence principle; Coaxial components; Dielectric constant; Dielectric losses; Dielectric substrates; Geometry; Global Positioning System; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Q factor; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics and Communications, 2003. ICECom 2003. 17th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
953-6037-39-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICECOM.2003.1290989
