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Area of Science:

  • Electromagnetics and Wave Propagation
  • Antenna Theory and Design

Background:

  • Frequency-selective surfaces (FSS) are crucial components in microwave and RF engineering.
  • Accurate modeling of current and field profiles in antennas is essential for performance prediction.
  • Existing transmission line models for antennas require refinement for analytical approximation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a new analytical approximation method for spatial current/field profiles in frequency-selective surfaces.
  • To investigate the influence of radiation resistance and transmission line loss on current distribution in antenna models.
  • To adapt and introduce transmission line models for analyzing receiving line antennas.

Main Methods:

  • Application of a two-wire equivalent transmission line model to receiving line antennas.
  • Decomposition of incident fields into odd and even modes for asymmetric distributions.
  • Introduction of a one-wire equivalent transmission line model for antennas with narrow strips.
  • Simulation-based analysis of transmission line loss effects on current distribution.

Main Results:

  • Confirmed that per unit length radiation resistance has minimal influence on normalized current distribution.
  • Demonstrated the applicability of the two-wire model to receiving line antennas with mode decomposition.
  • Successfully introduced a one-wire model obviating the need for incident field decomposition for narrow strip antennas.
  • Found that transmission line loss has little impact on the current distribution.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed analytical approximation offers an efficient method for FSS analysis.
  • Equivalent transmission line models provide reliable predictions of current distribution in various antenna configurations.
  • The one-wire model simplifies the analysis of narrow strip antennas by eliminating field decomposition.
  • The findings contribute to a better understanding of antenna behavior and FSS design.