Antenna modeling based on a multiple spherical wave expansion method: Application to an antenna array

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-58

  Serhir, Mohammed ^a   Besnier, Philippe ^a   Drissi, M'hamed ^a  

^a INSA DE RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Antenna modeling; Spherical wave expansion; Translational and rotational addition theorems

Indexed keywords

ADDITION THEOREM; ANTENNA APERTURE; ANTENNA MODELING; ANTENNA RADIATION FIELD; APRIORI; ASPECT ANGLES; EM SIMULATIONS; INFINITESIMAL DIPOLES; LINEAR RELATION; MATRIX; NEAR-FIELD; PLANAR ANTENNAS; RADIATION SOURCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPHERICAL WAVE EXPANSION; TRANSITION MATRICES; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SPHERES;

EID: 73949121807     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2036284     Document Type: Article

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