Application of FDTD method for dielectrics substrate of U-shaped slot antenna fed by microstrip line

Author

Anantrasirichai, N. ; Charkrit, P. ; Narkcharoen, K. ; Wakabayashi, T.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., King Mongkut´´s Inst. of Technol. Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand

fYear

2003

fDate

23-23 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

598

Lastpage

601

Abstract

U-shaped slot antenna is one type of microstrip antenna, it consists of slot antenna on the ground plane fed by microstrip line. In this research, we consider a slot antenna by using three types of substrate: PTFE-glass on dielectric constant 2.17, PTFE-quartz on dielectric constant 2.47 and polyester-ceramic on dielectric constant 6. This antenna is analyzed by using finite difference time domain (FDTD) method on design frequency 10 GHz and match impedance 50 ohms. The simulation results are input impedance, return loss, VSWR and radiation patterns.

Keywords

antenna feeds; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; slot antennas; substrates; 10 GHz; 50 ohm; FDTD method; PTFE-glass substrate; PTFE-quartz substrate; U-shaped slot antenna; dielectrics substrate; finite difference time domain method; microstrip antenna; microstrip line; polyester-ceramic substrate; Antenna radiation patterns; Design methodology; Dielectric constant; Dielectric substrates; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Slot antennas; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 2003. INTELEC '03. The 25th International

Conference_Location

Yokohama, Japan

Print_ISBN

4-88552-196-3

Type

conf

Filename

1252176