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简介:Anovelmethodfordesigningabeam-switchingantennawiththeplanedipoleispresented.Theantennaiscomposedofdoubledipolesplacedatthecenterofanactivesquarestructurethatisdividedinfourequalsectorsbymetallicsheets.Metallicpatchesattheoutsideofthestructureareusedtoenhancetheradiationperformanceoftheantenna.Ineachstep,thediodesinonesectorareon,whereasotherdiodesareoff.Thesectorwithoff-statediodesdefinesthedirectionoftheradiationpattern.AnantennamodelisdesignedonthesubstrateofFR4.Theproposedantennaoperatesfrom4.8GHzto5.5GHzwithgainof6.3dBiandF/B(fronttobackratio)of13.2dBiwhentheoperatingfrequencyis5.2GHz.Theantennaradiationpatterncanbesweptintheentireazimuthplaneinfourstepswitha3dBbeamwidthof90.Theresultsrevealthattheantennacouldbeusedinthebasestationofthewirelesscommunicationsystems.
简介:Doubledataratesynchronousdynamicrandomaccessmemory(DDR3)hasbecomeoneofthemostmainstreamapplicationsincurrentserverandcomputersystems.Inordertoquicklysetupasystem-levelsignalintegrity(SI)simulationflowfortheDDR3interface,twosystem-levelSIsimulationmethodologies,whichareboard-levelS-parameterextractioninthefrequency-domainandsystem-levelsimulationassumptionsinthetimedomain,areintroducedinthispaper.BycomparingtheflowofSpeed2000andPowerSI/Hspice,PowerSIischosenfortheprintedcircuitboard(PCB)board-levelS-parameterextraction,whileTektronixoscilloscope(TDS7404)isusedfortheDDR3waveformmeasurement.Thelabmeasurementshowsgoodagreementbetweensimulationandmeasurement.ThestudyshowsthatthecombinationofPowerSIandHspiceisrecommendedforquicksystem-levelDDR3SIsimulation.