SURFACE-WAVE AND RELATED EFFECTS ON THE RCS OF MICROSTRIP DIPOLES PRINTED ON MAGNETODIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES

被引:8
作者
ANTILLA, GE
ALEXOPOULOS, NG
机构
[1] Center for High Frequency Electronics, Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles
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D O I
10.1109/8.121591
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The scattering cross section of microstrip dipoles is examined. The primary emphasis will be to demonstrate the effects of surface waves on the scattering cross section, and to provide a simple physical understanding of the surface wave mechanism. The electric field integral equation (EFIE) is solved in the spatial domain using the method of moments. Special techniques used to speed up the evaluation of the Sommerfeld integrals will be explained. The radar cross section (RCS) for several microstrip dipole configurations is presented. The mechanism for generation of surface waves plays a major role in the scattering behavior of the dipoles, and a physically intuitive interpretation of this mechanism is used to successfully explain the pattern structure. For generality, magnetodielectric substrates with and without loss are considered.
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页码:1707 / 1715
页数:9
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