Advanced Mini Array Antenna Design Using High Fidelity Computer Modeling and Simulation:

Charles W. Manry Jr., Kianoush Rouzbehani, Dean Nathans, Alison Brown, H.-W. Tseng and Sheryl Atterberg

Abstract:	NAVSYS has developed a miniaturized GPS antenna array technology that reduces the size of the antenna elements and the array dimensions. This is an enabling technology, which allows GPS controlled reception pattern antenna arrays (CRPA) with anti-jamming capability to be installed on vehicles where their size has previously prohibited their use. This includes aircraft where size and weight constraints resulted in fixed reception pattern antenna (FRPA) installations instead of CRPAs and in munitions applications where space and surface area are at a premium. NAVSYS has developed a six-inch L1 four element phased array antenna. However, there is still a need for even smaller mini-array antenna with more elements and both L1/L2 capability. NAVSYS and SPAWAR have teamed to use the NAVSYS antenna design and the Department of Defense’s supercomputer power along with Electromagnetic Interactions GEneRalized (EIGER) code which is an advanced Method of Moment/Hybrid Finite Element Method to model the antenna and compare the results to test data. This paper will present the results of the modeling data versus test data and the results of a potential design modification.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 13th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2000) September 19 - 22, 2000 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:	2485 - 2490
Cite this article:	Manry, Charles W., Jr., Rouzbehani, Kianoush, Nathans, Dean, Brown, Alison, Tseng, H.-W., Atterberg, Sheryl, "Advanced Mini Array Antenna Design Using High Fidelity Computer Modeling and Simulation:," Proceedings of the 13th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2000), Salt Lake City, UT, September 2000, pp. 2485-2490.
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