Multilevel fast multipole accelerated inverse equivalent current method employing Rao-Wilton-Glisson discretization of electric and magnetic surface currents

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 4 PART 2, 2009, Pages 1178-1185

  Eibert, Thomas F ^a   Schmidt, Carsten H ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Fault diagnosis; Integral equations; Inverse problems

Indexed keywords

A-PRIORI; ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS; ARBITRARY SHAPES; BOUNDARY INTEGRALS; DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATIONS; EQUIVALENT CURRENT METHODS; EQUIVALENT SOURCES; FAST MULTIPOLE; FAULT DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PURPOSE; HIGH EFFICIENCIES; INVERSE SOLUTIONS; LARGE-SCALE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC SURFACES; MEASUREMENT GRIDS; MULTILEVEL FAST MULTIPOLE METHODS; RAO-WILTON-GLISSON BASIS FUNCTIONS; RAO-WILTON-GLISSON DISCRETIZATION; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SPEED-UP; TRIANGULAR SURFACE MESHES;

ANTENNAS; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RADAR CROSS SECTION;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 65549095449     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2015828     Document Type: Article

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