Small hemielliptic dielectric lens antenna analysis in 2-D: Boundary integral equations versus geometrical and physical optics

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 485-492

  Boriskin, Artem V ^a   Godi, Gaël ^b   Sauleau, Ronan ^b   Nosich, Alexander I ^a  

^a A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary integral equations (BIEs); Dielectric lens antennas; Geometrical optics (GO); Physical optics (PO)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; GALERKIN METHODS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; PHYSICAL OPTICS;

DIELECTRIC LENS ANTENNAS; MULLER BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; OPEN RESONATORS;

LENSES;

EID: 40549093359     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.915432     Document Type: Article

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