Title :
A wideband equivalent SPICE circuit for a monopole antenna and its usefulness for UWB applications
Author :
Gerrits, John ; Hutter, Andreas ; Ayadi, Jaouhar ; Farserotu, John
Author_Institution :
Centre Suisse d´´Electronique et de Microtechnique SA, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Abstract :
This paper presents a transmission line based electrical equivalent schematic of a λ/4 monopole antenna for co-simulation with electrical circuits in simulators like ELDO and SPICE. The antenna model is derived from TDR (time domain) measurements and yields fast and accurate results for the antenna impedance from DC up to 3 times the 1st resonant frequency f0.
Keywords :
SPICE; broadband networks; monopole antennas; radio networks; time-domain reflectometry; transmission lines; DC; ELDO; SPICE circuit; TDR; UWB applications; antenna impedance; antenna model; electrical circuits; electrical equivalent schematic; monopole antenna; resonant frequency; time domain measurements; transmission line; wideband equivalent circuit; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Circuit simulation; Distributed parameter circuits; Frequency measurement; Impedance measurement; SPICE; Transmission line antennas; Transmission line measurements; Ultra wideband antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2003. 33rd European
Print_ISBN :
1-58053-834-7
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2003.1262987
