Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / The Linearly Tapered Slot Antenna (LTSA) had been investigated and developed experimentally; its applications have primarily been based on empirical designs. An accurate theoretical model based on Moment Methods (MM) is developed here to study the radiation characteristics of the LTSA. Using the MM solutions to the reaction integral equation, this thesis presents an analysis to model and
explain the LTSA behavior. The effects of variable design parameters on radiation patterns are studied. Discussion is augmented by relating predicted radiation patterns to calculated current distributions on the antenna surface. Conclusions are made regarding optimum designs for the LTSA. Relevant observations are made concerning the extensive computational tasks and the computer resources required for the MM model. / http://archive.org/details/modelingbehavior00kell / Major, United States Army
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/23312 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Kelly, Thomas P. |
| Contributors | Janaswamy, Ramakrishna, Morgan, Michael A., Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Source Sets | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 137 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. |
Page generated in 0.0023 seconds