Analysis of finite-microstrip structures using surface equivalence principle and multiple network theory (SEMN)

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1128-1137

  Tavakkol Hamedani, Farzad ^b,c,d   Tavakoli, Ahad ^b   Shafai, Lotfollah ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Integral equations; Method of moments (MoM); Microstrip antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

FINITE MICROSTRIP STRUCTURES;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0036699913     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2002.802268     Document Type: Article

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