Analysis and design of antenna radomes

A new tool for the analysis and design of radomes using multicore processors is presented. The radomes can be defined by multilayer structures with embedded Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS). Radome with metallic layers with arbitrarily shaped can be also analyzed. Four different approaches can be used for the analyses of the radomes: Iterative Physical Optics-Moment Method, (IPO-MoM); approach, iterative MoM (antenna)-MoM (radome), (MoM-MoM); full MoM approach using the thin layer approach, (MoM-TL); and full MoM with a full volumetric approach (MoM-VOL). The two full MoM approaches provide accurate and fast simulations of the radome behavior. Optimization features for the radome design are also included by imposing a mask in a bandwidth for the reflection or transmission coefficients. The tool has been cross validated using results obtained with a well checked 3D MoM code.