Simulation and Analysis of the Radiation Pattern of Microstrip Patch-Type Array Antenna by Moment Method

Published in: Proceedings of the 13th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology: Engineering Education Facing the Grand Challenges, What Are We Doing?
Date of Conference: July 29 - 31, 2015
Location of Conference: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Authors: Sergio Martínez Campo
Mario Orlando Oliveira
Libis del Carmen Valdez Cervantes
Refereed Paper: #279

Abstract:

This paper presents the results of a research project aimed at studying the behavior of the radiation pattern of a patch array antenna through computer simulations. In this sense, is present the basic guidelines for design, implementation and preliminary simulation of different antenna prototypes through an algorithm simulator developed in MATLAB ® environment. Comparative studies of the simulation values are performed with the software LVDAM-ANT® which relate simulation data with actual experimental values. The results obtained demonstrate the efficiency of the simulation algorithm developed to underpin the study presented in this paper.

Keywords— Microstrip patch array, radiation pattern, electromagnetic field, simulator GUI.