A closer look at reverberation chambers - 3-D simulation and experimental verification

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 612-626

  Bruns, Christian ^a   Vahldieck, Ruediger ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Method of moments (MoM); Near field measurements; Reverberation chamber; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; REVERBERATION;

ELECTRIC FIELD INTEGRAL EQUATION; NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENTS; REVERBERATION CHAMBERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FULL WAVE SIMULATIONS;

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS;

EID: 27644498436     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2005.850677     Document Type: Article

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