Choosing the right EM simulation technology for antenna design and analysis

Author

Demuynck, Filip ; Petersen, Marc

Author_Institution

Agilent EEsof EDA Div., Agilent Technol., Inc., Ghent, Belgium

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

1296

Lastpage

1300

Abstract

Antenna designers have come to rely on Electromagnetic (EM) simulators for accurate prediction of antenna performance prior to building and testing prototypes. Over time, several different EM simulation technologies have been developed and commercialized, each with relative strengths for certain types of antennas. This paper provides an overview of three common EM technologies: Method of Moments (MoM), Finite Element Method (FEM) and Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD). Included are examples of how these EM technologies are applied to various antenna topologies.

Keywords

antenna testing; computational electromagnetics; finite difference time-domain analysis; finite element analysis; method of moments; FDTD; FEM; MoM; antenna design; antenna performance; antenna topology; electromagnetic simulation; finite difference time domain; finite element method; method of moment; testing prototype; Finite difference methods; Finite element methods; Moment methods; Patch antennas; Three dimensional displays; Time domain analysis; EM simulation; FDTD; FEM; MoM;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206710

Filename

6206710