• DocumentCode
    3550223
  • Title

    Loop-dipole antenna modeling using the FEKO code

  • Author

    Lippincott, Wendy L. ; Pickard, Thomas ; Nichols, Randy

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    3-7 April 2005
  • Firstpage
    507
  • Lastpage
    510
  • Abstract
    A study was done to optimize the design of a loop dipole antenna over a broad frequency range (0.5 - 2 GHz) using the FEKO method of moments code. Variations to the design were modeled as well as the performance of the antenna in an array. The modeling was compared to anechoic chamber data. The fields generated by the FEKO code were also input to a GTD (geometric theory of diffraction) code as an antenna pattern to model the multipath effects caused by mounting the antenna onto an aircraft.
  • Keywords
    aircraft antennas; antenna radiation patterns; dipole antenna arrays; geometrical theory of diffraction; loop antennas; method of moments; 0.5 to 2 GHz; FEKO method of moments code; aircraft antenna; anechoic chamber data; antenna pattern; geometric theory of diffraction; loop-dipole antenna modeling; multipath effects; Aircraft; Anechoic chambers; Antenna arrays; Antenna theory; Design optimization; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Moment methods; Physical theory of diffraction; Solid modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless Communications and Applied Computational Electromagnetics, 2005. IEEE/ACES International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9068-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WCACEM.2005.1469636
  • Filename
    1469636