Title :
Diakoptic surface integral-equation formulation applied to large antenna arrays
Author :
Olcan, Dragan I. ; Stevanovic, I.M. ; Kolundzija, Branko M. ; Mosig, Juan R. ; Djordjevic, Antonije R.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Belgrade, Belgrade
Abstract :
Diakoptic surface integral-equation formulation is used to efficiently simulate large antenna arrays, modeled as 3D EM structures. The significant accelerations and storage reductions are achieved, when compared to the classical MoM-SIE. Both near field and far field (radiation pattern) of the arrays, calculated using DSIE, match the results calculated using MoM-SIE very well (the maximal relative error is about 1% calculated with respect to peak values). The future work will include diakoptic boundaries with common walls, application of DSIE to optimization of complex EM structures and calculation of EM time-domain responses, and hybridization with other numerical techniques such as finite elements and volume integral-equation formulation.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; finite element analysis; integral equations; method of moments; network topology; time-domain analysis; 3D EM structures; EM time-domain responses; MoM-SIE; complex EM structures; diakoptic surface integral-equation formulation; finite elements; large antenna arrays; maximal relative error; radiation pattern; storage reductions; volume integral-equation formulation; Antenna arrays; Diakoptics; Dielectrics; Equations; Kernel; Linear antenna arrays; Magnetic materials; Moment methods; Patch antennas; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2041-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2042-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2008.4619635