Title :
Moment method analysis of printed eccentric spiral antennas using curved segmentation
Author :
Khamas, S.K. ; Cook, G.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Sheffield Univ., UK
fDate :
12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A method of moments technique is described for the analysis of eccentric spiral antennas printed on grounded dielectric substrates which uses piecewise sinusoidal current expansion and testing functions over curved segments. This technique is shown to be significantly more computationally efficient than a linear segmentation strategy. Whilst accuracy is demonstrated through comparisons with published control results
Keywords :
method of moments; microstrip antennas; piecewise linear techniques; spiral antennas; computationally efficient technique; curved segmentation; grounded dielectric substrates; integral equations; linear segmentation; moment method analysis; piecewise sinusoidal current expansion function; piecewise testing function; printed eccentric spiral antennas;
Journal_Title :
Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, IEE Proceedings
DOI :
10.1049/ip-map:19990430