Problem-matched basis functions for microstrip coupled slot arrays based on transmission line Green's functions (TLGF)

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3556-3567

  Bruni, Simona ^a,b   Llombart, Nuria ^a,c   Neto, Andrea ^a   Gerini, Giampiero ^a   Maci, Stefano ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entire domain basis functions; Green's functions; Method of moments (MoM)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; SLOT ANTENNAS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

ENTIRE DOMAIN BASIS FUNCTIONS; FULL-WAVE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRIP COUPLED SLOT ARRAYS; TRANSMISSION LINE GREEN'S FUNCTIONS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 28644449714     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.858581     Document Type: Article

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