Study of different realizations and calculation models for soft surfaces by using a vertical monopole on a soft disk as a test bed

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1474-1481

  Ying, Zhinong ^a   Kildal, Per Simon ^a   Kishk, Ahmed A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COATED MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ESTIMATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACES;

CIRCULAR METALLIC DISK; LOSSY MATERIAL COATINGS; SURFACE IMPEDANCE MODEL;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 0030283923     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.542072     Document Type: Article

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