Abstract
This paper shows how the Macro Basis Functions (MBFs) approach can be applied to the solution of arrays of complex elements, made of metallic parts embedded in disconnected dielectric volumes. It is shown how the reduced system of equations can be obtained very efficiently with the help of a multipole approach. We also provide a subsequent formulation for the array impedance matrix and a fast method for the computation of embedded element patterns, with the help of a decomposition into a finite series of pattern multiplication problems, for which the fast Fourier transform can be exploited. Examples are provided for arrays of tapered slot antennas in separate dielectric boards. Comparisons are provided with brute‐force solutions for a 4 × 4 array and increasing number of MBFs, and with the infinite‐array solution for a 16 × 16 array. An appendix provides new insight into the problem of completeness of the MBFs bases by establishing a link between the MBF approach and Krylov subspaces.
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