Comparative study of numerical simulation packages for analysing miniature dielectric-loaded bifilar antennas for mobile communication

Author

Jayawardene, M. ; Leisten, O. ; McEvoy, P. ; Seager, R. ; Vardaxoglou, J.C. ; Wingfield, A.

Author_Institution

Centre for Mobile Commun. Res., Loughborough Univ. of Technol., UK

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

260

Abstract

A number of simulation packages have become available for antenna modelling. This paper presents a comparative study of seven packages using TLM, MoM or FDTD methods to model the backfire fed dielectric-loaded bifilar helix antenna. Due to its small size with respect to electrical length, high resolution modelling is required for accurate characterisation. An overview of each of the packages is presented along with some of the issues faced when applied to a 1.8 GHz PCN/PCS antenna

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna feeds; dielectric-loaded antennas; electrical engineering computing; finite difference time-domain analysis; helical antennas; method of moments; numerical analysis; personal communication networks; software packages; transmission line theory; 1.8 GHz; FDTD method; MoM; PCN/PCS antenna; TLM; UHF; antenna modelling; backfire fed bifilar helix antenna; electrical length; high resolution modelling; miniature dielectric-loaded bifilar antennas; mobile communication; numerical simulation packages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2001. Eleventh International Conference on (IEE Conf. Publ. No. 480)

Print_ISBN

0-85296-733-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:20010283

Filename

927659