Title :
Fast simulation of microstrip antennas using the fast multipole method
Author :
Macdonald, P.A. ; Itoh, T.
Author_Institution :
Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA 90265
Abstract :
We report a significant decrease of the time and storage required for the simulation of large microstrip antennas via the solution of the Electric Field Integarl Equation (EFIE). The solution is obtained using the Fast Mutipole Method (FMM) with an iterative solver. We show storage and timing data required for the simulation of a 30 element linear microstrip diploe antenna array. This is the first report of the use of the FMM for microstrip antennas.
Keywords :
Green´s function methods; Impedance; Integral equations; Iterative methods; Linear antenna arrays; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Moment methods; Scattering; Transmission line matrix methods;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1995. 25th European
Conference_Location :
Bologna, Italy
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1995.337060
