What are active integrated antennas? Can successful CAD be achieved?

Author

Parini, C.G.

Author_Institution

Queen Mary & Westfield Coll., London, UK

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

53

Abstract

The potential applications for active integrated antennas are addressed. It is shown that active arrays constructed using monolithic integrated circuit techniques for application at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths offer the most potential. The importance of having Computer Aided Design (CAD) facilities for active integrated antennas is explained, and the FDTD scheme is shown to be the method most likely to provide this need

Keywords

CAD; active antenna arrays; active antennas; antenna theory; electrical engineering computing; finite difference time-domain analysis; millimetre wave antenna arrays; millimetre wave antennas; submillimetre wave antennas; CAD; FDTD scheme; active arrays; active integrated antennas; computer aided design; millimetre wavelengths; monolithic integrated circuit techniques; submillimetre wavelengths; Application software; Circuit optimization; Costs; Dipole antennas; Finite difference methods; Microwave antennas; Microwave communication; Microwave devices; Receiving antennas; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Performance Electron Devices for Microwave and Optoelectronic Applications, 1999. EDMO. 1999 Symposium on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5298-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDMO.1999.821459

Filename

821459