Electromagnetic Scattering and Radiation by Surfaces of Arbitrary Shape in Layered Media, Part I: Theory

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 335-344

  Michalski, Krzysztof A ^a   Zheng, Dalian ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS--ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

DIELECTRIC HALF-SPACES; DIELECTRIC LAYERS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PLANE-STRATIFIED MEDIA; SCATTERERS; TRIANGULAR-PATCH MODEL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0025401286     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.52240     Document Type: Article

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