Title :
FDTD analysis for satellite BFN consisting of rectangular coaxial lines
Author :
Xu, Shanjia ; Zhou, Ping
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hefei, China
Abstract :
The scattering characteristics of various rectangular coaxial line discontinuities with which a satellite beamforming network (BFN) is built are investigated by the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. Good agreement has been found between the numerical results and the experimental data, the effectiveness and accuracy of the present approach are thus justified. Some numerical results are given to establish useful guidelines for the design of BFNs
Keywords :
S-parameters; antenna feeds; finite difference time-domain analysis; satellite antennas; strip line circuits; strip line discontinuities; FDTD analysis; finite difference time domain method; rectangular coaxial line discontinuities; rectangular coaxial lines; satellite BFN analysis; satellite beamforming network; scattering characteristics; Array signal processing; Coaxial components; Feeds; Finite difference methods; Information science; Light scattering; Satellites; Scattering parameters; Time domain analysis; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference Proceedings, 1997. APMC '97, 1997 Asia-Pacific
Print_ISBN :
962-442-117-X
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.1997.654682
