Analysis of planar antenna array

Author

Neto, Jose E C ; Oliveira, Giuliano F B ; Fernandes, H.C.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

323

Abstract

The TTL (transversal transmission line) method is applied to the analysis of patch resonator, as a planar antenna. A set of equations that represents the electromagnetic fields in the x and z direction as function of the electric field in the y direction are obtained. This method is very suitable at microwave and antenna applications, and gives accurate complex resonant frequency which contributes to obtain higher precision antenna parameters. For each type of array is calculated the array factor, considering the excitation, phase and the relative displacement between the elements as well as the dimensions and number of elements.

Keywords

Maxwell equations; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; microstrip antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; transmission line theory; Maxwell equations; complex resonant frequency; electromagnetic fields; higher precision antenna parameters; microstrip antenna arrays; patch resonator; planar antenna array; radiation pattern; transversal transmission line method; Antenna arrays; Electromagnetic fields; Maxwell equations; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Phased arrays; Planar arrays; Resonant frequency; Transmission line theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1244879

Filename

1244879