An integral-equation technique for solving thick irises in rectangular waveguides

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 189-197

  Stevanović, Ivica ^a,b   Crespo Valero, Pedro ^a,b,c   Mosig, Juan R ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a IEEE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Swiss Federal Commission for Space Applications   (Switzerland)

^e European COST Project on Antennas   (Switzerland)

^f Executive Board of the European Network of Excellence ACE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Green's functions; Integral equations (IEs); Multilayered structures; Rectangular waveguide discontinuities; Stratified media theory; Thick irises

Indexed keywords

MULILAYERED STRUCTURES; STRATIFIED MEDIA THEORY; THICK IRISES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; WAVE FILTERS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 31044442915     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.860305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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