An eigencurrent approach for the analysis of finite antenna arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3772-3782

  Bekers, Dave J ^a   Van Eijndhoven, Stephanus J L ^b   Tijhuis, Anton G ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Dipole arrays; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Integrodifferential equations; Loop antenna arrays; Method of moments (MoM); Mutual coupling; Resonance

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS APPROACH; BASIC CONCEPTS; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTING ELEMENT; DIPOLE ARRAYS; EDGE EFFECT; EIGEN FUNCTION; EIGENCURRENT APPROACH; EIGENVALUES; EXCITATION FIELD; EXPANSION FUNCTION; FINITE ANTENNA ARRAYS; IMPEDANCE OPERATOR; MEMORY USE; MUTUAL COUPLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL FEATURES; UNIFORM LINEAR ARRAYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; RESONANCE;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 72649088258     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2027617     Document Type: Article

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