FDTD analysis of radiation performance of a cylinder plasma antenna

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 756-758

  Li, Xue Shi ^a   Luo, Fan ^a   Hu, Bin Jie ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cylinder plasma antenna; Finite difference timedomain (FDTD) methods; Radiation efficiency; Radiation patterns

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTRIC TUBES; FDTD ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPERATING FREQUENCY; OPTIMAL VALUES; PLASMA ANTENNA; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; RADIATION GAIN; RADIATION PATTERNS; RADIATION PERFORMANCE; TIME DOMAIN;

ANTENNAS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERMITTIVITY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; RADIATION;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 77950605053     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2009.2022963     Document Type: Article

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