• DocumentCode
    2692879
  • Title

    On the Implementation of Wheeler Cap Method in FDTD

  • Author

    Kona, Keerti S. ; Rahmat-Samii, Yahya

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    9-14 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    1445
  • Lastpage
    1448
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the Wheeler cap method is implemented numerically in FDTD. The main interest is to characterize the efficiency/loss of a probe-fed low-loss single resonance L-band antenna. We compare the results of the simulations with the gain/directivity method using near-field measurements. Some of the observations and issues of implementing FDTD method for prediction of efficiency using Wheeler cap method are discussed
  • Keywords
    antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antenna arrays; FDTD method; Wheeler cap method; finite difference time domain method; gain-directivity method; Antenna measurements; Circuit simulation; Electrical resistance measurement; Equations; Finite difference methods; Gain measurement; L-band; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0123-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2006.1710823
  • Filename
    1710823