Method of moments solution for a printed patch/slot antenna on a thin finite dielectric substrate using the volume integral equation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1174-1184

  Makarov, Sergey N ^a   Kulkarni, Shashank D ^a   Marut, Andrew G ^a   Kempel, Leo C ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Low order basis functions; Method of moments (MoM); Patch antennas; Volume integral equation (VIE)

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIELECTRIC FILMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

LOW ORDER BASIS FUNCTIONS; PATCH ANTENNAS; VOLUME INTEGRAL EQUATION;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 33645723589     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.872568     Document Type: Article

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