Wavelet-like efficient analysis of two dimensional arbitrarily shaped radomes using a surface formulation

Radomes are usually made of lossy dielectric materials, and their accurate analysis is often cumbersome because of their typical large electrical size and geometrical complexity. In real reflector antenna structures, there are always complex interactions between the radome, the reflector surfaces an...

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Autores: Quesada Pereira, Fernando Daniel, Vidal Pantaleoni, Ana, Boria Esbert, Vicente Enrique, Melcón Álvarez, Alejandro, Gimeno Martínez, Benito
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena(UPCT)
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital UPCT
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.upct.es:10317/8439
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10317/8439
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2006RS003522
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wavelets
Electromagnetic Analysis
Antennas
Radomes
Teoría de la Señal y las Comunicaciones
3307.01 Antenas
2202 Electromagnetismo
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Sumario:Radomes are usually made of lossy dielectric materials, and their accurate analysis is often cumbersome because of their typical large electrical size and geometrical complexity. In real reflector antenna structures, there are always complex interactions between the radome, the reflector surfaces and the directional feeds, which are typically neglected for the sake of simplicity. In this paper we will consider all such interactions in a very accurate way, thus requiring a high number of unknowns for the numerical solution of the problem. To overcome such drawback, an integral equation formulation based on the Equivalence Principle in combination with the wavelet transform has been employed, obtaining finally a robust and accurate CAD tool for the rigorous analysis of arbitrarily shaped radomes containing continuous and discrete electromagnetic sources. It will be shown that the use of wavelet-like bases substantially improves the numerical efficiency and memory requirements of the original integral equation method. For verification purposes, the results obtained with the new technique are successfully compared with examples taken from the literature. Complex antenna structures are then discussed in order to prove the usefulness of the new method.