Numerical study of position stirring and frequency stirring in a loaded reverberation chamber

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-17

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

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cavities; Ewald transformation; Green function; Numerical analysis; Resonators

Indexed keywords

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LOOP ANTENNAS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESONATORS; REVERBERATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AVERAGE POWER; CAVITIES; EWALD TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY STIRRINGS; GREEN FUNCTION; LEVEL DIFFERENCES; LOSSLESS; MOMENT METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; REVERBERATION CHAMBERS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; THIN WIRES;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 61649127124     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2008.2011818     Document Type: Article

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