A coupled PEC-TDS surface integral equation approach for electromagnetic scattering and radiation from composite metallic and thin dielectric objects

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3511-3516

  Chiang, I Ting ^a,b   Chew, Weng Cho ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Lorentz Solution Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Method of moments (MoM); Perfect electric conductor (PEC); Radiation; Scattering; Surface integral equation (SIE); Thin dielectric sheet (TDS)

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DIELECTRIC FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR; SURFACE INTEGRAL EQUATION; THIN DIELECTRIC SHEET;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 37849187974     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.884233     Document Type: Article

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