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Computational investigation of a crossed slot cavity-backed array antenna
Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.
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| author | Voigt, Dewald |
| author2 | Palmer, K. D. |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2659 Computational investigation of a crossed slot cavity-backed array antenna Voigt, Dewald Palmer, K. D. University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Antenna arrays Antennas (Electronics) Dissertations -- Electronic engineering Theses -- Electronic engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. This thesis investigates a computational model of an electronically steered antenna array. It focuses on a simple element comprising an S-shaped, crossed, cylindrical cavity-backed slot antenna. An unusual aspect of the element is the addition of a top hat, which contributes to the low scanning ability of the array. The objective was to confirm this contribution of the top hat. During the investigation, the computation code Feko was validated for slot analysis through consideration of the basic properties of a dipole and slot and how they related to each other. Various alternative models were evaluated, before a final accurate model was modelled in Feko, to find possible equivalent models. The final model, which implemented the use of Feko as release 5, was the only one that achieved successful results. The results showed that the top hat does play an important role in the steering of the beam. The mechanism through which this occurs was identified. The results that where obtained indicated that there may be more effective elements than the cylindrical element and the identification of this is proposed as a field for further study. 2006-04 2006-10-19T05:58:37Z 2010-06-01T08:54:39Z 2006-10-19T05:58:37Z 2010-06-01T08:54:39Z 2006-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2659 University of Stellenbosch 13031630 bytes application/pdf application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Antenna arrays Antennas (Electronics) Dissertations -- Electronic engineering Theses -- Electronic engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Voigt, Dewald Computational investigation of a crossed slot cavity-backed array antenna |
| title | Computational investigation of a crossed slot cavity-backed array antenna |
| title_full | Computational investigation of a crossed slot cavity-backed array antenna |
| title_fullStr | Computational investigation of a crossed slot cavity-backed array antenna |
| title_full_unstemmed | Computational investigation of a crossed slot cavity-backed array antenna |
| title_short | Computational investigation of a crossed slot cavity-backed array antenna |
| title_sort | computational investigation of a crossed slot cavity backed array antenna |
| topic | Antenna arrays Antennas (Electronics) Dissertations -- Electronic engineering Theses -- Electronic engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2659 |
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