Near-field to near/far-field transformation for arbitrary near-field geometry utilizing an equivalent electric current and MoM

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 566-573

  Sarkar, Tapan Kumar ^a   Taaghol, Ardalan ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

ELECTRIC FIELD INTEGRAL EQUATION; EQUIVALENT ELECTRIC CURRENT;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0032672349     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.768793     Document Type: Article

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