MoM analysis of conformal antennas based on the volume-surface integral equation

Abstract

A strip model is incorporated in the volume-surface integral equation (VSIE) to simplify the analysis of the probe-fed conformal antennas with arbitrary shapes. The thin wire-surface junction of the feeding probe and the patch is transferred to the surface-surface junction that can be modelled by using Rao-Wilton-Glisson (RWG) basis functions easily. Thus, the use of complicated attachment mode basis function in the conventional VSIE is eliminated, which simplifies the calculation of the method of moments (MoM) matrix. The construction of RWG basis functions at the surface-surface junction is detailed as well. An effective remedy is also proposed to overcome the computation breakdown in the near-singularity treatment when the field point locates at the extension of one side of the source domain. Numerical results show the reliability and accuracy of the proposed method.