Analysis and Optimization of Wire Antennas over the Internet [EM Programmer´s Notebook]

Author

Rabelo, Rafael ; Terada, Marco

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil

Volume

52

Issue

1

fYear

2010

Firstpage

188

Lastpage

194

Abstract

With the recent deployment of wireless digital TV systems around the world, wire antennas are once again in widespread use. This article introduces the software GRADMAX for Web, a Java applet for analyzing and optimizing arrays of wire antennas. The analysis algorithm is based on the point-matching technique of the Method of Moments (MININEC engine), and the optimization layer employs the modified gradient method. GRADMAX for Web is designed for the Internet, and runs directly from the Web browser on all common operating systems (Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, etc.).

Keywords

Internet; Java; antenna arrays; gradient methods; method of moments; online front-ends; operating systems (computers); wire antennas; Internet; Java Applet; Web browser; World Wide Web; method of moments; modified gradient method; operating systems; point-matching technique; software GRADMAX; wire antenna array optimisation; wireless digital TV systems; Algorithm design and analysis; Antenna arrays; Digital TV; Gradient methods; Internet; Java; Moment methods; Optimization methods; Search engines; Wire; Internet; Wire antennas; moment methods; numerical analysis; optimization methods;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2010.5466430

Filename

5466430