Abstract
A simple and accurate integral equation solution is presented for computing far-field antenna patterns from near-field measurements. The equivalence principle is used to replace the aperture of the antenna by equivalent electric or magnetic currents. An E-field integral equation (EFIE) is developed to relate these equivalent currents to the near-field data. Method of moments (MoM) is utilized to transform the integral equation into a matrix one and a conjugate gradient (CG) procedure is applied to solve it numerically. Accurate far-fields over large elevation and azimuthal ranges are calculated from simple measurements based on planar and spherical scanning.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 218-221 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEE Conference Publication |
| Issue number | 350 |
| State | Published - 1991 |
| Event | International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics - London, Engl Duration: Nov 25 1991 → Nov 27 1991 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering