Title :
An improved circuit theory for the analysis of longer and arbitrary co-planar dipole arrays
Author :
Imoro, A.I. ; Aoki, I. ; Inagaki, N. ; Kikuma, N.
Author_Institution :
Nagoya Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
A more judicious choice of trial functions to implement the improved circuit theory (ICT) application to multi-element antennas is achieved. These new trial functions, based on Tai´s modified variational implementation for single element antennas, lead to an ICT implementation applicable to much longer co-planar dipole arrays of arbitrary lengths. Examples are given to show that for co-planar dipole arrays, the proposed implementation presents a relatively more efficient method compared to the method of moments. The proposed new ICT implementation would be useful in applications such as CAD/CAE systems
Keywords :
dipole antenna arrays; CAD/CAE systems; antenna lengths; coplanar dipole arrays; improved circuit theory; log periodic dipole antenna arrays; method of moments; modified variational implementation; multielement antennas; single element antennas; trial functions;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, Tenth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 436)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-686-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19970242