An efficient volume integral equation technique for the analysis of tapered dielectric rod antennas

Author

Bostani, Ameneh ; Borji, Ali

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Isfahan Univ. of Technol., Isfahan, Iran

fYear

2012

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

93

Abstract

A computationally efficient method for the analysis of tapered dielectric rod antennas is presented. The method combines the so-called local mode theory with the method of moments. Radiation patterns for dielectric rod antennas of varying radius and different taper profiles are presented. The method is validated by comparison with the data obtained from a surface integral equation technique. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the method is applicable for different types of excitations.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; dielectric devices; integral equations; computationally efficient method; dielectric rod antennas radiation patterns; local mode theory; method of moments; surface integral equation technique; taper profiles; tapered dielectric rod antennas analysis; volume integral equation technique; Antenna radiation patterns; Antenna theory; Dielectrics; Feeds; Integral equations; Antenna theory; dielectric rod antennas; end-fire antennas; local mode theory; method of moments;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications (IST), 2012 Sixth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tehran

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2072-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISTEL.2012.6482961

Filename

6482961