A new method is proposed that provides simple and effcient design and analysis algorithm for microstrip antennas with arbitrary patch shapes. The proposed procedure uses the mutiport network model (MNM) where the antenna is considered as a cavity bounded by perfect electric conductors on the top and the bottom surfaces and perfect magnetic conductor on the side surfaces. Ports are defined along the periphery of the patch, and the impedance matrix representing the voltage induced at one port due to a current source at another port, is obtained through the use of the 2-D Green&rsquo / s function corresponding to the cavity. For the MNM analysis of patches with irregular shapes such as slotted structures, the segmentation/desegmentation methods are utilized since the Green&rsquo / s function expressions are available only for regularly shaped cavities. To speed up the analysis and to develop a design procedure, vector Pade approximation is used in order to approximate the antenna impedance matrix as a rational function of two polynomials. When the approximation is performed with respect to frequency, the roots of the polynomial at the denominator provides the resonant frequencies of the antenna. The design algorithm is applicable when the approximation variable is changed to one of the dimensions of the patch that need to be optimized. Because for this case, the roots of the denominator polynomial correspond to optimum dimensions of the antenna where it resonates.

Array antennas are used extensively in remote sensing applications, where a highly directive beam is needed to scan a particular area of interest on the surface of the earth. The research presented here focuses on the design of different microstrip patch antenna arrays to be used in environmental sensing applications in the X and Ka frequency bands, such as measurements in Snow and Cold Land Processes (SCLP) to detect snow accumulation, snow melt, etc. The goal of this research is to produce highly integrated, low loss, and compact size antenna arrays, while maintaining low power consumption. Multilayer organic (MLO) System-on-a-Package (SOP) technology, using laminates such as Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) and RT/Duroid®, provides a lightweight and low cost 3D solution for the fabrication of the antenna arrays. The elements of the antenna arrays are rectangular patches. Two feeding mechanisms, aperture coupling and via feed, were implemented and compared. For the RF distribution network and interconnects, a corporate feed approach was used with reactive T-junctions, Wilkinson dividers, or both, for power division. The feed networks were designed using microstrip. The basic multilayer antenna array design consists of 3 layers of cladded laminate material. The metal layers are as follows: 1) patch antennas, 2) ground plane, 3) feed network, and 4) surface-mount components. The surface mount components would include LNA, PA, TR switch and phase shifter.

Neste trabalho é realizada a otimização de antena de microfita banda larga usando o método de Diferenças Finitas no Domínio do Tempo (FDTD) e software comercial de onda completa. Inicialmente é feita uma introdução sobre o assunto, abordando aspectos de comunicações e de antenas de microfita, além de se fazer uma revisão bibliográfica e resumir o estado da arte sobre o tema do trabalho. A seguir, discorre-se sobre a teoria eletromagnética aplicada a antenas planares. O tópico de base é concluído com síntese dos métodos de simulação usados na análise de antenas de microfita, enfatizando o de FDTD. O próximo item revisa fundamentos teóricos e técnicas aplicadas na obtenção de banda larga em antenas de microfita. O trabalho prossegue com simulações numéricas e medidas da largura de banda, do ganho e da eficiência da antena E e de geometria inovadora aplicando técnica de alimentação capacitiva à antena E. A seguir, o algoritmo genético é apresentado e utilizado na otimização do plano de terra de antena de microfita com alimentação por sonda coaxial e também com alimentação capacitiva, para aplicações em banda larga. Resultados simulados e medidos são apresentados e boa concordância entre eles é obtida. Obteve-se 88% de largura de banda para PIFA com alimentação capacitiva e plano de terra otimizado. A tese é concluída com observações sobre os resultados apresentados e sugestões para prosseguimento e aperfeiçoamento das investigações realizadas. / In the present work, the optimization of broadband microstrip antenna employing the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) and full wave commercial software are presented. First, an introduction on the subject considering main issues in communications and microstrip antennas are described, also a bibliographical review and the state of the art are presented. A review of electromagnetic theory applied to microstrip antenna is presented at the following topic, with emphasis on the FDTD method. The next step is a review of theory and techniques on bandwidth optimization of microstrip antennas. The work follows with numeric simulations and measurements on bandwidth, gain, efficiency of E shapped antenna and with a novel design procedure employing capacitive feeding on the E shapped antenna. The work follows with genetic algorithm being presented and utilized to the optimization of ground plane shape microstrip antenna with coaxial feeding and also with capacitive feeding, aiming to broadband applications. Simulated and measured results are presented. Good agreement is observed. Relative bandwidth of 88% was found for PIFA with capacitive feeding and optimized ground plane. The thesis is concluded with some comments and observations on the results obtained and suggestions for the continuation of the work.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CristhianneFLV.pdf: 1410067 bytes, checksum: 1d2f3291a32b0598969cd4235af0c991 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-02-16 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This work presents an analysis of the annular ring microstrip antennas printed on uniaxial anisotropic substrates and with superstrate.The analysis uses the full-wave formulation by means of the Hertz vector potentials method, in the Hankel transform domain. The definition of the Hertz vector potentials and the application of the appropriate boundary conditions to the structure allow determining the dyadic Green functions, relating the current densities in the conducting patch to the transforms of the tangential electric field components. Galerkin s method is then used to obtain the matrix equation whose nontrivial solution gives the complex resonant frequency of the antenna. From the modeling, it is possible to obtain results for the resonant frequency, bandwidth and quality factor, as a function of several parameters of the antenna, for different configurations. We have considered annular ring microstrip antennas on a single dielectric layer, antennas with two anisotropic dielectric layers, and annular ring microstrip antennas on suspended substrates. Numerical results for the resonant frequency of the these structures printed on isotropic substrates are also presented and compared with those published by other authors, showing a good agreement / Este trabalho apresenta uma an?lise de antenas de microfita com patch em anel sobre substratos diel?tricos anisotr?picos uniaxiais e com sobrecamada. A an?lise utiliza o formalismo de onda completa atrav?s da aplica??o do m?todo dos potenciais vetoriais de Hertz, no dom?nio da transformada de Hankel. A defini??o dos potenciais vetoriais de Hertz e a imposi??o das condi??es de contorno adequadas ? estrutura permitem determinar as fun??es di?dicas de Green, relacionando as componentes da densidade de corrente no patch com as componentes tangenciais do campo el?trico. O M?todo de Galerkin ? ent?o usado para obter a equa??o matricial, cuja solu??o n?o trivial fornece a freq??ncia de resson?ncia da antena. A partir da modelagem, ? poss?vel obter resultados para a freq??ncia de resson?ncia em fun??o de v?rios par?metros da antena de microfita com patch em anel, para diferentes configura??es, al?m do fator de qualidade e da largura de banda. S?o consideradas estruturas de antenas de microfita com patch em anel sobre uma camada diel?trica, antenas com duas camadas diel?tricas anisotr?picas e antenas de microfita com patch em anel sobre substratos suspensos. Resultados num?ricos para a freq??ncia de resson?ncia dessas estruturas impressas sobre substratos diel?tricos isotr?picos s?o tamb?m apresentados e comparados com resultados de outros autores, mostrando uma boa concord?ncia

Neste trabalho é realizada a otimização de antena de microfita banda larga usando o método de Diferenças Finitas no Domínio do Tempo (FDTD) e software comercial de onda completa. Inicialmente é feita uma introdução sobre o assunto, abordando aspectos de comunicações e de antenas de microfita, além de se fazer uma revisão bibliográfica e resumir o estado da arte sobre o tema do trabalho. A seguir, discorre-se sobre a teoria eletromagnética aplicada a antenas planares. O tópico de base é concluído com síntese dos métodos de simulação usados na análise de antenas de microfita, enfatizando o de FDTD. O próximo item revisa fundamentos teóricos e técnicas aplicadas na obtenção de banda larga em antenas de microfita. O trabalho prossegue com simulações numéricas e medidas da largura de banda, do ganho e da eficiência da antena E e de geometria inovadora aplicando técnica de alimentação capacitiva à antena E. A seguir, o algoritmo genético é apresentado e utilizado na otimização do plano de terra de antena de microfita com alimentação por sonda coaxial e também com alimentação capacitiva, para aplicações em banda larga. Resultados simulados e medidos são apresentados e boa concordância entre eles é obtida. Obteve-se 88% de largura de banda para PIFA com alimentação capacitiva e plano de terra otimizado. A tese é concluída com observações sobre os resultados apresentados e sugestões para prosseguimento e aperfeiçoamento das investigações realizadas. / In the present work, the optimization of broadband microstrip antenna employing the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) and full wave commercial software are presented. First, an introduction on the subject considering main issues in communications and microstrip antennas are described, also a bibliographical review and the state of the art are presented. A review of electromagnetic theory applied to microstrip antenna is presented at the following topic, with emphasis on the FDTD method. The next step is a review of theory and techniques on bandwidth optimization of microstrip antennas. The work follows with numeric simulations and measurements on bandwidth, gain, efficiency of E shapped antenna and with a novel design procedure employing capacitive feeding on the E shapped antenna. The work follows with genetic algorithm being presented and utilized to the optimization of ground plane shape microstrip antenna with coaxial feeding and also with capacitive feeding, aiming to broadband applications. Simulated and measured results are presented. Good agreement is observed. Relative bandwidth of 88% was found for PIFA with capacitive feeding and optimized ground plane. The thesis is concluded with some comments and observations on the results obtained and suggestions for the continuation of the work.

Neste trabalho é realizada a otimização de antena de microfita banda larga usando o método de Diferenças Finitas no Domínio do Tempo (FDTD) e software comercial de onda completa. Inicialmente é feita uma introdução sobre o assunto, abordando aspectos de comunicações e de antenas de microfita, além de se fazer uma revisão bibliográfica e resumir o estado da arte sobre o tema do trabalho. A seguir, discorre-se sobre a teoria eletromagnética aplicada a antenas planares. O tópico de base é concluído com síntese dos métodos de simulação usados na análise de antenas de microfita, enfatizando o de FDTD. O próximo item revisa fundamentos teóricos e técnicas aplicadas na obtenção de banda larga em antenas de microfita. O trabalho prossegue com simulações numéricas e medidas da largura de banda, do ganho e da eficiência da antena E e de geometria inovadora aplicando técnica de alimentação capacitiva à antena E. A seguir, o algoritmo genético é apresentado e utilizado na otimização do plano de terra de antena de microfita com alimentação por sonda coaxial e também com alimentação capacitiva, para aplicações em banda larga. Resultados simulados e medidos são apresentados e boa concordância entre eles é obtida. Obteve-se 88% de largura de banda para PIFA com alimentação capacitiva e plano de terra otimizado. A tese é concluída com observações sobre os resultados apresentados e sugestões para prosseguimento e aperfeiçoamento das investigações realizadas. / In the present work, the optimization of broadband microstrip antenna employing the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) and full wave commercial software are presented. First, an introduction on the subject considering main issues in communications and microstrip antennas are described, also a bibliographical review and the state of the art are presented. A review of electromagnetic theory applied to microstrip antenna is presented at the following topic, with emphasis on the FDTD method. The next step is a review of theory and techniques on bandwidth optimization of microstrip antennas. The work follows with numeric simulations and measurements on bandwidth, gain, efficiency of E shapped antenna and with a novel design procedure employing capacitive feeding on the E shapped antenna. The work follows with genetic algorithm being presented and utilized to the optimization of ground plane shape microstrip antenna with coaxial feeding and also with capacitive feeding, aiming to broadband applications. Simulated and measured results are presented. Good agreement is observed. Relative bandwidth of 88% was found for PIFA with capacitive feeding and optimized ground plane. The thesis is concluded with some comments and observations on the results obtained and suggestions for the continuation of the work.

This project describesa microwave antenna for GNSS and low noise amplifier. Mikrostrip antenna is a modern type of antenna. This mikrostrip antenna is Dual – band antenna with circual polarization. The thesis describes how to make anantenna, what a circular polarization is, whata patch antenna is and what GNSS is. Low noise amplifier amplifies the antenna output signal.

The thesis is focused at the design and the execution of a dual-port microstrip circularly-polarized antenna for the frequency of 2.4 GHz. The first part describes general knowledge about microstrip antennas, circularly-polarized, options of power supply, used medium etc. The second part of the thesis deals with the design and simulation of antennas with the use of software called CST Microwave Studio and Zeland IE3D. In the last part, confrontation of simulation and measurement results is provided.

Ink-jet printing (IJP) using conductive inks, has gained the attention of scientistsand researchers during the past decades. Solar Cells (SCs), Radio FrequencyIdentication (RFID), E-papers and antennas are only some of the applicationsfor which IJP is being applied. IJP facilitates printing complex antenna structureswith a good resolution. The use of the IJP process is compatible with devicefabrication on unusual substrates such as paper, polymer lms (Polyethylenenaphthalate (PEN), Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Polyimide (PI)), textiles,etc at low temperature. The aim of this study is to design and fabricate antennason paper substrates capable of operating at 2.4 GHz via printing technique.Simulation and experimental studies have been presented for microstrip patchantenna and dipole antenna using Itoh's balun.

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