Title :
An efficient design technique for direction-finding antenna arrays
Author :
Popugaev, Alexander E. ; Weisgerber, Lars
Author_Institution :
RF & Microwave Design Dept., Fraunhofer Inst. for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
This paper illustrates the application of an original conductor track routing technique for the efficient computer-aided design of circuits in microstrip technology using the example of the feed networks of some customer-specific direction-finding antenna arrays. The approach is characterized by the composition of the layout of the circuit to be realized of quarter-circular rings. A grid of ring-shaped segments is used as an aid.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; circuit CAD; circuit layout; microstrip antenna arrays; network routing; radio direction-finding; circuit layout; computer-aided design; conductor track routing; direction-finding antenna arrays; feed networks; microstrip technology; quarter-circular rings; Feeds; Microstrip; Microstrip antenna arrays; Network topology; Substrates; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2014 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Palm Beach
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5690-9
DOI :
10.1109/APWC.2014.6905562
