Optimized basis functions for slot antennas excited by coplanar waveguides

A method is proposed for the analysis of slot antennas excited by coplanar waveguides. First, a standard integral equation for the continuity of the magnetic field is formulated. Then the appropriate equivalent magnetic currents of the method of moments are represented in terms of entire-domain basis functions which synthesize the resonant behavior of the slot and the field in proximity of the feeding source and of the bends. In order to define these basis functions, canonical geometries are identified, whose Greenʹs functions have been found analytically. The accuracy and the effectiveness of the method in terms of convergence rate and number of unknowns is demonstrated by comparison with a standard fine meshing full-wave analysis.