Consistent Integral Equation Modeling of Cloaking Planar Microstrip Antennas

Athanasios N. Papadimopoulos; Nikolaos L. Tsitsas; Constantinos A. Valagiannopoulos; Nikolaos V. Kantartzis; Christos S. Antonopoulos; Theodoros D. Tsiboukis

doi:10.1109/TMAG.2015.2472966

Consistent Integral Equation Modeling of Cloaking Planar Microstrip Antennas

Athanasios N. Papadimopoulos, Nikolaos L. Tsitsas, Constantinos A. Valagiannopoulos, Nikolaos V. Kantartzis, Christos S. Antonopoulos, Theodoros D. Tsiboukis

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Abstract

In this paper, an efficient integral equation method is developed for the response and scattering characteristics of cloaked 2-D planar microstrip receiving antennas. The featured technique combines Green's function for the strip-free structure with the decomposition of the strip into cylindrical thin wires and a radiation integral evaluation for the scattered field. In essence, the desired low-profile operation of the antenna is achieved by overlaying a superstrate slab atop the antenna. Moreover, an optimization process determines the constitutive parameters and thickness of the slab, so that a significantly reduced scattering behavior is obtained. Finally, the performance of the receiving antenna is investigated for a specific range of frequencies around the operating one, while the accuracy of the proposed algorithm is successfully verified through several numerical simulations.

Original language	English
Article number	7203706
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume	52
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2015.2472966
Publication status	Published - Mar 1 2016

Keywords

Cloaking
electromagnetic metamaterials
integral equations
microstrip antennas

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Papadimopoulos, A. N., Tsitsas, N. L., Valagiannopoulos, C. A., Kantartzis, N. V., Antonopoulos, C. S., & Tsiboukis, T. D. (2016). Consistent Integral Equation Modeling of Cloaking Planar Microstrip Antennas. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 52(3), [7203706]. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2015.2472966

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