Study of antennas in reverberation chamber using method of moments with cavity Green's function calculated by Ewald summation

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 805-814

  Carlberg, Ulf ^a   Kildal, Per Simon ^a   Carlsson, Jan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cavities; Ewald transformation; Green's function; Reverberation chamber

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; REVERBERATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CAVITIES; EWALD TRANSFORMATION; POSITION STIRRING; REVERBERATION CHAMBER; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS;

EID: 31744452242     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2005.858755     Document Type: Article

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