Efficient physical optics approximation for the calculation of radiation patterns of planar antennas located on a finite ground plane

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 1 II, 2005, Pages 460-465

  Volski, Vladimir ^a   Vandenbosch, Guy A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic diffraction; Finite ground plane; Microstrip antennas; Physical optics

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL OPTICS;

FINITE GROUND PLANE; PHYSICAL OPTICS APPROXIMATION; PLANAR ANTENNAS; POLARIZATION CURRENTS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 13244295536     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.838798     Document Type: Article

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