Simulation Methodology for Synthesis of Antenna Substrates With Microscale Inclusions

This paper investigates the behavior of heterogeneous dielectric substrates synthesized by adding micro-sized inclusions to a host medium. This paper compares different analytical formulations for small spherical inclusions in infinite media and assesses their suitability to be applied to different...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 2012-05, Vol.60 (5), p.2194-2202
Main Authors: Njoku, C. C., Whittow, W. G., Vardaxoglou, J. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antennas
Applied classical electromagnetism
Applied sciences
Computer simulation
Dielectric constant
Electromagnetic wave propagation, radiowave propagation
Electromagnetism
electron and ion optics
Equations
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Heterogeneous dielectric substrates
heterogeneous mixtures
Inclusions
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical model
Mathematical models
Permittivity
Physics
Plane waves
Radiocommunications
rectification algorithm
Slabs
Studies
Substrates
Telecommunications
Telecommunications and information theory
Three dimensional
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Summary:This paper investigates the behavior of heterogeneous dielectric substrates synthesized by adding micro-sized inclusions to a host medium. This paper compares different analytical formulations for small spherical inclusions in infinite media and assesses their suitability to be applied to different geometries. The effective permittivity of the mixture has been shown to be dependent on the properties of the host and inclusions' materials as well as the size and spacing of the spheres. Electromagnetic (EM) simulations using a plane wave excitation have also been carried out investigating thin (finite) layers of both spherical and cubical inclusions. A rectification algorithm was employed to correctly obtain the effective permittivity from the scattering parameters. The analytical results of the infinite medium showed good agreement with the EM simulations of our samples of finite thickness. Finally, a patch antenna with a heterogeneous substrate has been designed to show that the method can be applied to a finite geometry which is finite in three dimensions.
ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2012.2189736