Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method for Antenna Radiation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 334-340

  Tirkas, Panayiotis A ^a   Balanis, Constantine A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS, HORN - MICROWAVE; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FDTD METHOD; MONOPOLE FEED; PYRAMIDAL HORN ANTENNA; WAVEGUIDE APERTURE ANTENNA;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0026839274     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.135478     Document Type: Article

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