Title :
Radiation by aperture antennas of arbitrary shape fed by a covered microstrip line
Author :
Chen, C. ; Alexopoulos, N.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Conformal antenna arrays are widely used in wireless communications. In order to design such arrays precisely a CAD tool which can handle complicated configurations is needed. A printed aperture antennas fed by a covered microstrip line in a triplate structure is an example of such arrays. The mixed potential integral equation (MPIE) CAD tool has been successfully used to investigate the behavior of the arbitrarily-shaped aperture antenna, fed by a covered microstrip line.
Keywords :
CAD; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; aperture antennas; conformal antennas; electric potential; electrical engineering; electrical engineering computing; integral equations; microstrip antenna arrays; microstrip lines; CAD tool; MPIE; antenna radiation; arbitrarily-shaped aperture antenna; conformal antenna arrays; covered microstrip line; microstrip line fed antenna; mixed potential integral equation; printed aperture antennas; triplate structure; wireless communications; Antenna feeds; Antenna theory; Aperture antennas; Bandwidth; Current distribution; Frequency; Microstrip antennas; Mutual coupling; Shape; Slot antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1995. AP-S. Digest
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2719-5
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1995.531000
