Title :
FDTD simulations in antenna impedance calculation
Author :
Voipio, V. ; Vainikainen, P.
Author_Institution :
IRC Radio Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
The feasibility of FDTD simulations for the investigation of characteristics of dual-resonant stacked patch antennas at 2 GHz was studied. The complex impedance characteristics were obtained with reasonably good agreement with the measurements. The agreement of radiation pattern results was also good.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; electric impedance; impedance matching; microstrip antennas; resonance; 2 GHz; FDTD simulations; Smith chart; UHF; antenna impedance calculation; complex impedance characteristics; dual-resonant stacked patch antennas; impedance matching; measurements; radiation pattern; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Copper; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Impedance; Patch antennas; Probes; Time domain analysis; Virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1999. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5639-x
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1999.789214
