Abstract:We present an intrinsic way for modeling radar antennas operating in near-field conditions for wave propagation in planar layered media. Fundamental antenna features consist of an equivalent set of infinitesimal electric dipoles, field points and associated global reflection and transmission coefficient functions. These antenna characteristic functions permit to describe wave propagation between the radar reference plane and the equivalent source dipoles and field points. Near-field antenna-medium coupling is … Show more
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