Domain decomposition FDTD algorithm for the analysis of a new type of E-plane sectorial horn with aperture field distribution optimization

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 426-434

  Xu, Feng ^a   Hong, Wei ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aperture phase correction; Domain decomposition; Sectorial horn

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA LOBES; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

APERTURE PHASE CORRECTION; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN ALGORITHM; SECTORIAL HORN;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 1942456551     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.823878     Document Type: Article

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