An Efficient Hybrid Numerical-Ray Based Subaperture Formulation for the Analysis of Large Convex Conformal Antenna Arrays on Large Platforms
Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EuCAP 2009
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Pathak, Prabhakar H.; Burkholder, Robert J.; Lee, Jin-Fa (Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, ElectroScience Lab, 1320 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212, USA)
Janpugdee, Panuwat (Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore, 5 Sports Drive 2, Singapore 117508)
Abstract:
A hybrid combination of numerical and uniform geometrical theory of diffraction (UTD) ray methods is developed to predict the performance of large conformal antenna arrays on a locally convex portion of an otherwise complex and electrically large metallic platform. The antenna aperture is subdivided into subapertures and rays are launched from only a single point within each subaperture. These rays are tracked to the observer in the presence of the large platform environment.