Analysis of microstrip antennas using moment methods
Abstract
The method of moments is used to analyze microstrip antennas of rectangular and nonrectangular shape. Surface currents are used to model the microstrip patch and volume polarization currents for the dielectric slab. The method requires unusually precise computation of the impedance matrix but is capable of accurately predicting currents, impedance, and resonant frequency of the antenna.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Pub Date:
- January 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAP.1981.1142532
- Bibcode:
- 1981ITAP...29...47N
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Design;
- Distribution Moments;
- Electrical Impedance;
- External Surface Currents;
- Microstrip Antennas;
- Microwave Antennas;
- Boundary Value Problems;
- Current Distribution;
- Design Analysis;
- Dielectrics;
- Mathematical Models;
- Resonant Frequencies;
- Slabs;
- Smith Chart;
- Communications and Radar