Radiation, Scattering and Guidance of Electromagnetic Fields by Arbitrarily Shaped Structures Embedded in Layered Dielectric Media

Abstract

The validation of the waveguide-excited microstrip patch antenna code has been completed. The code is presently being applied to achieve impedance- matched antenna configurations. Also, various avenues are being explored to further increase the efficiency of the code. An effort has been initiated to incorporate curved isoparametric finite elements into the mixed potential integral equation formulation for arbitrarily shaped microstrip structures. This approach should allow up to more accurately model irregular microstrip geometries and to reduce the computational effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1992
Accession Number
ADA256937

Entities

People

  • K. A. Michalski

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antenna Configurations
  • Efficiency
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Guidance
  • Impedance
  • Integral Equations
  • Integrals
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Universities
  • Validation
  • Waveguides

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics