Time domain analysis of thin-wire antennas over lossy ground using the reflection-coefficient approximation

• Published in: Radio science Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. np - n/a
• Main Authors: Fernández Pantoja, M., Yarovoy, A. G., Rubio Bretones, A., González García, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-12-2009
• Subjects: Antennas; Approximation; Electromagnetics; Geophysics; Glass transition temperature; Grounds; Half spaces; Mathematical analysis; Mathematics; method of moments; Plane waves; thin-wire antennas; Time domain; time domain methods
• ISSN: 0048-6604; 1944-799X
• DOI: 10.1029/2009RS004152

This paper presents a procedure to extend the methods of moments in time domain for the transient analysis of thin‐wire antennas to include those cases where the antennas are located over a lossy half‐space. This extended technique is based on the reflection coefficient (RC) approach, which approximates the fields incident on the ground interface as plane waves and calculates the time domain RC using the inverse Fourier transform of Fresnel equations. The implementation presented in this paper uses general expressions for the RC which extend its range of applicability to lossy grounds, and is proven to be accurate and fast for antennas located not too near to the ground. The resulting general purpose procedure, able to treat arbitrarily oriented thin‐wire antennas, is appropriate for all kind of half‐spaces, including lossy cases, and it has turned out to be as computationally fast solving the problem of an arbitrary ground as dealing with a perfect electric conductor ground plane. Results show a numerical validation of the method for different half‐spaces, paying special attention to the influence of the antenna to ground distance in the accuracy of the results.