An Exact Solution of the Generalized Exponential Integral and Its Application to Moment Method Formulations

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1716-1719

  Werner, D H ^a   Werner, P L ^a   Huffman, J A ^a   Ferraro, A J ^a   Breakall, J K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DIPOLE LENGTH; GENERALIZED EXPONENTIAL INTEGRAL; IMPEDANCE MATRIX ELEMENTS; MOMENT METHOD;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0027843229     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.273316     Document Type: Article

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