Diffraction from a truncated grounded dielectric slab: A comparative full-wave/physical-optics analysis

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-57

  Maci, Stefano ^a   Borselli, Leonardo ^a   Cucurachi, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PHYSICAL OPTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PATCH ANTENNAS; TRUNCATED GROUNDED DIELECTRIC SLABS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0033878917     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.827385     Document Type: Article

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