An efficient FDTD algorithm for the analysis of microstrip patch antennas printed on a general anisotropie dielectric substrate

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 7 PART 1, 1999, Pages 1142-1146

  Zhao, An Ping ^a   Juntunen, Jaakko ^a   Räisänen, Antti V ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD; General anisotropic dielectric media; Mipml absorber; Patch antennas

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GENERAL ANISOTROPIC DIELECTRIC MEDIA; PATCH ANTENNAS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032677066     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.775451     Document Type: Article

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