An advanced electromagnetic tool for design of multilayer printed antenna arrays

Author

Sabet, Kazem F. ; Cheng, Jui-Ching ; Sarabandi, Kamal ; Katehi, Linda P B

Author_Institution

EMAG Technol. Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Abstract

This paper presents emPiCASSO, a powerful electromagnetic CAD tool that provides an integrated environment for analysis, synthesis and optimization of multilayer printed antenna arrays. emPiCASSO has been built on an object-oriented foundation that allows for a systematic integration of preprocessing, processing and post-processing utilities of the CAD software. As a result, it offers a host of design-oriented features that cannot be materialized in the conventional electromagnetic CAD tools. This paper describes the various utilities and features of emPiCASSO and their theoretical foundation. Some simulation results are presented for the analysis and design of large-scale printed antenna arrays

Keywords

method of moments; microstrip antenna arrays; object-oriented methods; technology CAD (electronics); design-oriented features; electromagnetic tool; emPiCASSO; multilayer printed antenna arrays; object-oriented foundation; post-processing; preprocessing; Analytical models; Antenna arrays; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Design automation; Dipole antennas; Nonhomogeneous media; Object oriented modeling; Planar arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2001, IEEE Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6599-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2001.931256

Filename

931256