A hybrid evaluation method for the full-wave analysis of microstrip structures

Author

Hui, H.T. ; Yung, Edward K N ; Sheng, X.Q. ; Chan, C.H.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

Volume

51

Issue

7

fYear

2003

fDate

7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1656

Lastpage

1658

Abstract

A hybrid evaluation method using both the spectral- and the spatial-domain techniques is proposed for the evaluation of the Sommerfeld-type integrals resulting from the full-wave analysis of microstrip structures. This method combines the advantages of the spectral-domain for the evaluation of near fields and the spatial-domain method for the evaluation of far-fields. This method is simple and needs no additional formulations. It also provides an easy alternative method to handle the inefficiency of calculation with the singularity of the Green´s function. Numerical results are used to demonstrate the simplicity and the accuracy of this method.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; dipole antennas; electromagnetic fields; impedance matrix; integral equations; method of moments; microstrip antennas; microstrip components; spectral-domain analysis; Green´s function singularity; Sommerfeld´s integral; Sommerfeld-type integrals; far-fields; full-wave analysis; hybrid evaluation method; microstrip structures; moment-method impedance matrix; near fields; printed dipole antenna; spatial-domain method; spatial-domain technique; spectral-domain technique; Acceleration; Convergence; Extrapolation; Impedance; Microstrip; Tail; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2003.813619

Filename

1210821