Analysis of antenna arrays with finite frequency selective surfaces

Author

Yuan, Ning ; Nie, Xiao Chun ; Gan, Yeow Beng ; Yeo, Tat Soon

Author_Institution

Temasek Labs., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2006

fDate

6-10 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper, a full-wave method based on the volume-surface integral equation is applied to analyze microstrip antenna arrays with finite FSS radome. The volume integral equation is applied to the dielectric region of the composite structure, while the surface integral equation is used on the conductive surface. The integral equations are solved using the method of moments (MoM), with the precorrected-FFT (P-FFT) method used to reduce the memory requirement and accelerate the matrix-vector products in the iterative solution of the equation. With this method, the effects of the FSS on the characteristics of the antenna can be accurately investigated.

Keywords

fast Fourier transforms; frequency selective surfaces; integral equations; matrix algebra; method of moments; microstrip antenna arrays; finite frequency selective surfaces; matrix-vector products; method of moments; microstrip antenna arrays; precorrected-FFT method; volume-surface integral equation; Acceleration; Antenna arrays; Dielectrics; Frequency selective surfaces; Integral equations; Iterative methods; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Moment methods; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

978-92-9092-937-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4584574

Filename

4584574