Reconstruction of equivalent currents distribution over arbitrary three-dimensional surfaces based on integral equation algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3460-3468

  Álvarez, Yuri ^a   Las Heras, Fernando ^a   Pino, Marcos Rodríguez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Equivalence principle; Equivalent sources; Far field transformation; Integral equations; Inverse problems; Inverse radiation problem; Near field far field transformation (NF FF); Radiation

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

INVERSE RADIATION PROBLEM; NEAR-FIELD FAR-FIELD TRANSFORMATION;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 37249092052     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.910316     Document Type: Article

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