Prediction of patch antenna element interaction using the transmission line matrix method

• Main Author: Yong, Christopher Soon Fatt.
• Other Authors: Lu, Yilong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Antennas, wave guides, microwaves, radar, radio
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19598
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The ability of the transmission line matrix or TLM method to model the microstrip patch antennas is investigated. The simple geometry of the patch antennas enables the TLM method to be applied easily. In theory, TLM should give good results for closely spaced elements as it does not make simplifying...