Entire-domain analysis of thin-wire antennas near or in lossy ground

An entire-domain method is proposed for the analysis of thin-wire antennas assembled from arbitrarily interconnected straight segments placed on one or both sides of the interface air/lossy ground. The approach is based on an exact Sommerfeld-type formulation combined with the Hallen-type integral equations for current distribution, polynomial approximation of current and point matching. Limitations on the antenna position with respect to the interface and on the value of the ground parameters seem to be less than in other available methods, and accuracy of the results depends principally on available CPU time.