A heuristic method for the design of flat antennas

Author

Kohls, E.C. ; Zaghloul, A.I.

Author_Institution

Windermere Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

112

Abstract

Innovations in flat antenna technology have been ongoing for over two decades. In that time, flat antenna technology has come to represent an inherently low-cost means for producing printed circuit antennas in the form of multilayer stripline-fed slot arrays that operate at high efficiencies over a relatively wide bandwidth. This paper seeks to encapsulate what may best be described as a heuristic method for creating preliminary flat antenna designs. The value of a heuristic is its ability to yield a reasonable design approximation that is suitable for baselining a more detailed full-wave design and analysis process, developing engineering and cost estimations, as well as supporting higher-level link budget analyses.

Keywords

antenna feeds; broadband antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; microstrip lines; slot antenna arrays; flat antenna technology; heuristic preliminary design method; link budget analysis; multilayer stripline-fed slot arrays; printed circuit antennas; wide bandwidth antennas; Antenna arrays; Bandwidth; Design engineering; Design methodology; Nonhomogeneous media; Printed circuits; Process design; Slot antennas; Stripline; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7846-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2003.1219802

Filename

1219802