Physical Insights into the Fields upon the Superstrate-Loaded Cylindrically Conformal Microstrip Antenna

Abstract:

A specific form of the spectral-domain Green’s functions for the superstrate-loaded cylindrically conformal microstrip structure is developed through the rigorous full-wave analysis. The incident fields produced by the known radial current source along the thin probe are also deduced in this special structure for the first time. Ultimately, with these considerations above, the surface current distribution can be obtained by the Method of Moment.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 236-237)
• Pages: 881-888
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.236-237.881
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Zou Tao
• Keywords: Conformal, Green’s Functions, Method of Moment, Microstrip Antenna

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