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FDTD method applied to the study of radar cross section of microstrip patch antennas

Application des diffÉrences finies en rÉgime transitoire À ĽÉtude de la surface Équivalente radar d’antennes imprimÉes

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Because of their indisputable advantages, microstrip patch antennas have been implemented these last several years especially in aerospace application. Unfortunately, these antennas become bright points detected by radars causing observed rcs to increase significantly particularly at microwave frequencies. As a consequence, a major research effort is focused on rcs reduction. This paper introduces numerical tools based on the finite difference time domain method enabling computation of the rcs of a microstrip patch antenna over a very large bandwidth. This method is then validated, results are given, and a simple method for reducing rcs is proposed.

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De par leurs avantages incontestables, les microantennes ont connu un essor important ces dernières années notamment dans le domaine de ľavionique. Malheureusement, lorsqu’il s’agit de rendre un appareil furtif aux radars, ces éléments apparaissent comme des points brillants qui sont responsables ďune importante valeur de la surface équivalente radar (ser) de ľappareil notamment aux fréquences microondes. Cette constatation a donc amené de nombreux chercheurs à connaître de faÇon précise la ser ďune antenne. Cet article présente une technique numérique basée sur les différences finies dans le domaine temporel qui permet le calcul ďune ser ďantenne imprimée sur une large bande de fréquence. Après avoir validé la méthode de calcul et donné quelques résultats significatifs, une technique de diminution de ser sera enfin proposée.

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Reineix, A., Paillol, J. & Jecko, B. FDTD method applied to the study of radar cross section of microstrip patch antennas. Ann. Télécommun. 48, 589–593 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02995495

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