Scattering from a finite array of microstrip patches

Author

King, Adrian S. ; Bow, Wallace J.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Lab., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

40

Issue

7

fYear

1992

fDate

7/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

770

Lastpage

774

Abstract

A full-wave solution to the problem of plane wave scattering by a finite array of rectangular microstrip patches printed on a grounded dielectric slab is presented. The electric field integral equation is solved using the spectral-domain Green´s function/moment method approach. Derivations for the elements of the impedance and voltage matrices are presented. An efficient massively parallel computer implementation of the moment method solution is described. Computed radar cross section (RCS) data for microstrip patch antenna arrays are presented as a function of incident signal frequency and angle of incidence

Keywords

Green´s function methods; electromagnetic wave scattering; integral equations; microstrip antennas; microwave antenna arrays; radar cross-sections; EFIE; RCS; electric field integral equation; electromagnetic scattering; finite array; full-wave solution; grounded dielectric slab; impedance matrix; microstrip antenna array; plane wave scattering; radar cross section; rectangular microstrip patches; spectral-domain Green´s function/moment method approach; voltage matrices; Dielectrics; Green´s function methods; Impedance; Integral equations; Microstrip antenna arrays; Moment methods; Radar scattering; Slabs; Transmission line matrix methods; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.155741

Filename

155741