Efficient computation of surface fields excited on a dielectric-coated circular cylinder

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1507-1516

  Ertürk, Vakur B ^a,b   Rojas, Roberto G ^a,b  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

CONFORMAL ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; MICROSTRIP ARRAYS; SURFACE FIELDS; WATSONS TRANSFORMATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0034290027     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.899666     Document Type: Article

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