Near-Field Vector Potentials for Thin Dipole Antennas.

Abstract

A general method for exact integration of vector potentials of thin dipole antennas characterized by various current distributions is developed. Such solutions are shown to be independent of the usual far-field restrictions involving dipole length, observation point distance, and wavelength. Their convergence is rapid in the induction and near-field regions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA166542

Entities

People

  • P. L. Overfelt

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Antennas
  • Availability
  • Bessel Functions
  • Classification
  • Convergence
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Dipole Antennas
  • Dipoles
  • Equations
  • Far Field
  • Infinite Series
  • Integrals
  • Materials
  • Near Field
  • Observation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics