FDTD analysis of linear antennas driven from a discrete impulse excitation

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-250

  Zunoubi, M R ^a   Younan, Nicolas H ^b   Beggs, J H ^b   Taylor, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DFT; FDTD; FFT

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ESTIMATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) TECHNIQUE; GAUSSIAN TYPE PULSE EXCITATIONS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0031207251     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.618053     Document Type: Article

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