A reciprocity approach for determining radiation patterns of patch antennas on circularly-cylindrical platforms

D. H. Werner, G. D. Mouyis, R. Mittra

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Abstract

There has been rapidly growing interest in conformal patch antennas that can be mounted on arbitrarily curved surfaces. One of the major factors influencing the popularity of these antennas is their potentially useful application in mobile communication systems. This has also fueled a need for more powerful and versatile computational modeling techniques for this class of antennas. We present an efficient method, based on the reciprocity theorem, for calculating the radiation patterns of patch antennas mounted on circularly cylindrical platforms when the current distribution on the patches is available from previous computations. The major advantages of this approach are that it does not require the evaluation of complicated layered media Green's functions for curved geometrics and circumvents the need to calculate time consuming Sommerfeld integrals. The technique also has the highly desirable feature that it is easily generalizable to patch antennas of arbitrary shape.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1998 Digest - Antennas
Subtitle of host publicationGateways to the Global Network - Held in conjunction with: USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1582-1585
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)0780344782, 9780780344785
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998
Event1998 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 1998 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: Jun 21 1998Jun 26 1998

Publication series

NameIEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1998 Digest - Antennas: Gateways to the Global Network - Held in conjunction with: USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting
Volume3

Other

Other1998 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 1998
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period6/21/986/26/98

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Instrumentation
  • Radiation
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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