• DocumentCode
    540674
  • Title

    Moment method solution using expansion functions defined in an infinite domain for antenna problems

  • Author

    Malka, D. ; Matzner, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng., HIT - Holon Inst. of Technol., Holon, Israel
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-10 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    975
  • Lastpage
    978
  • Abstract
    The efficiency of the moment method when the expansion functions are defined in an infinite domain is investigated. It is shown that an efficient solution is obtained when the expansion functions exactly obey the known physical behavior of the fields. The age-old problem of a patch microstrip disk antenna excited by a probe at its center is used as a toy model. This antenna is solved by the moment method for which an electric field component is expanded outside the disk. Excellent agreement between the conventional moment solution based on expanding the surface current density on the disk and the present solution is obtained.
  • Keywords
    current density; method of moments; microstrip antennas; electric field component; expansion function; moment method solution; patch microstrip disk antenna; physical behavior; surface current density; toy model; Current density; Electromagnetics; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Moment methods; Probes; Sections; infinite domain; moment method;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2010 Asia-Pacific
  • Conference_Location
    Yokohama
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7590-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-902339-22-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5728557