Enhancement of Efficiency of Integral Equation Solutions of Antennas by Incorporation of Network Principles—Part I

Author

Schreiber, Adam W. ; Butler, Chalmers M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC, USA

Volume

58

Issue

7

fYear

2010

fDate

7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2301

Lastpage

2308

Abstract

A method is presented for enhancing the efficiency of integral equation solutions for antennas by reducing the number of coupled integral equations to be solved in a method of moments analysis. This method is applied to the accurate modeling of the feed of a simple cylindrical monopole antenna. A microwave network is developed to replace the effects of coupled fields due to one of the unknowns. Computed reflection coefficient values are shown to agree well with values measured on laboratory models and a method of moments solution not incorporating network principles.

Keywords

integral equations; method of moments; monopole antennas; antennas; coupled fields; coupled integral equation; cylindrical monopole antenna; integral equation solutions; method of moments analysis; microwave network; network principles; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Central Processing Unit; Coaxial components; Costs; Dipole antennas; Integral equations; Moment methods; Reflection; Transmission line matrix methods; Cylindrical antennas; method of moments; monopole antennas; two-port circuits; waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2010.2048875

Filename

5454310