FDTD analysis of patch antennas on high dielectric-constant substrates surrounded by a soft-and-hard surface

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 2 II, 2004, Pages 1444-1447

  Li, RongLin ^a   DeJean, Gerald ^a   Tentzeris, Manos M ^a   Papapolymerou, John ^a   Laskar, Joy ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique; Patch antennas; Soft and hard surface (SHS)

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MULTILAYERS; PERMITTIVITY; SUBSTRATES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PATCH ANTENNAS; SOFT-AND-HARD SURFACE (SHS);

ANTENNAS;

EID: 2342620835     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.825449     Document Type: Article

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