Some experiences from FDTD analysis of infinite and finite multi-octave phased arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1725-1731

  Holter, Henrik ^a   Steyskal, Hans ^b  

^a Saab Bofors Dynamics AB   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computational electrodynamics; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Phased array analysis; Unit cell analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; REFLECTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GALILEAN TRANSFORMATION; MULTI-OCTAVE PHASED ARRAYS; PHASED ARRAY ANALYSIS; UNIT CELL ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0037005498     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2002.807378     Document Type: Article

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