Microstrip Patch Array with Feeding Network

Microstrip patch antenna arrays are used to achieve much larger antenna gain and beam steering. In EM simulation, arrays require more sophisticated numerical simulation with appropriate hardware. Microstrip patch antenna array with feeding network is simulated using WIPL-D Pro – a MoM based full 3D EM solver. Such a simulation is possible owing to usage of higher order basis functions and quadrilateral mesh elements.

The simulation is carried out by using standard desktop PC. The code execution is efficiently parallelized at multicore CPUs. The improvement in speed when using low end GPU card is demonstrated. In terms of WIPL-D simulation, the array simulated in this application note can be considered as small or moderate. Large arrays can include hundreds of array elements.

Section: Arrays & Radomes

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