Parabolic dish
VHF/UHF for television
Grid antenna

Problem Description

Antenna designers are typically commissioned to design novel antenna structures or to apply existing design technology to new problems in innovative ways. Requirements for the final product are very often in conflict with each other and trade-off analysis or optimisation of all measureable parameters have to be performed.

• Design of novel antennas in a wide range of forms, e.g. wire, microstrip, reflector, aperture.
• Placement of antennas on large structures, cognisant of cross-coupling and interference between antennas.
• Design of radomes for antenna protection in hostile climates.
  

FEKO Solution

FEKO offers antenna designers a comprehensive set of tools to apply to their work:

• Various antenna parameters can be extracted for further anaylis: e.g VSWR, input impedance, S-parameters.
• Radiation characterisation: far-field patterns and directivity, near-field radiation patterns and axil ratio.
  
• Optimisation of parameters with FEKO's built-in optimiser.
• Various plot formats: 3D, polar, Cartesian, Smith chart.