Title :
What are active integrated antennas? Can successful CAD be achieved?
Author_Institution :
Queen Mary & Westfield Coll., London, UK
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/EDMO.1999.821459
