Title :
Analysis of Planar 4??4 Microstrip Antenna Arrays Installed on Airframes
Author :
Heckler, Marcos V. T. ; Dreher, Achim
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Commun. & Navig., Wessling, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents computations and measurements of installed performance of microstrip arrays on aerostructures. Due to the large electrical size of the airframe, the simulations have been performed using physical optics and the multi-level fast multipole method. These computations are validated by measurements in the antenna test range at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen. A comparison between the numerical and experimental results is presented. The details concerning the electromagnetic simulations are given in this paper.
Keywords :
aircraft antennas; antenna testing; microstrip antenna arrays; physical optics; planar antenna arrays; aerostructure; antenna test range; multilevel fast multipole method; physical optics; planar microstrip antenna array; IPAS project; Installed performance; microstrip antenna arrays; onboard antennas; smart navigation antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2007. EuCAP 2007. The Second European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-842-6
