Analysis of surface-wave excitation and radiation mechanisms of a monopole on a circular grounded dielectric slab with critical thickness

IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-339

  Maci, S ^a   Raffaelli, S ^a   Leoncini, M ^a   Borselli, L ^a   Kildal, P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial surfaces; Finite difference time domain method; Monopole antennas; Surface wave excitation

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ESTIMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE WAVES; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; SPACE WAVE DIFFRACTION EFFECTS; SURFACE WAVE EXCITATION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0030218309     PISSN: 13502417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-map:19960364     Document Type: Article

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