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Analysis of a Waveguide with a Round-Ended Wide Straight Slot by the Method of Moments Using Numerical-Eigenmode Basis Functions
Miao ZHANG Takuichi HIRANO Jiro HIROKAWA Makoto ANDO
Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
Vol.E87-B
No.8
pp.2319-2326 Publication Date: 2004/08/01 Online ISSN:
DOI: Print ISSN: 0916-8516 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Antenna and Propagation Keyword: round-ended slot, waveguide, numerical eigenmode basis functions, Method of Moments, finite element method, equivalent-area modification,
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Summary:
A round-ended wide straight slot cut in the broad wall of a rectangular waveguide is analyzed by the Method of Moments (MoM) using numerical eigenmode basis functions derived by the edge-based finite element method (FEM), referred to as MoM/FEM. The frequency characteristics of the calculated transmission coefficients are compared with the measured ones, and good agreement is observed for a wide variety of antenna parameters. For simpler analysis that does not use MoM/FEM, an equivalent rectangular slot approximation for a round-ended slot is discussed. The resonant frequencies of empirically introduced "equal-area" and "equal-perimeter" slots are compared with those of round-ended slots for a wide variety of parameters such as slot width, wall thickness and dielectric constant inside the waveguide. Based upon MoM/FEM, which can be a reliable reference, it is found that the equal-area slot always gives a better approximation of the order of 1% over that of the equal-perimeter one which is of the order of 5%. For higher accuracy, a new rectangular slot approximation of a round-ended slot is proposed to be a linear combination of equal-area and equal perimeter approximation. The error is around 0.25% for a wide variety of parameters such as slot width-to-length ratio, wall thickness and dielectric constant of the filling material inside the waveguide.
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