Accurate modeling of thin-wire antennas in the FDTD method

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-265

  Douglas, M ^a   Okoniewski, M ^b   Stuchly, M A ^c  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA INPUT IMPEDANCE; PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER; THIN WIRE ANTENNAS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032662601     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19990520)21:4<261::AID-MOP8>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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