Theoretical Study of the Input Impedance and Electromagnetic Field Distribution of a Dipole Antenna Printed on an Electrical/Magnetic Uniaxial Anisotropic Substrate

• Main Authors: Mohamed Lamine Bouknia, Chemseddine Zebiri, Djamel Sayad, Issa Elfergani, Jonathan Rodriguez, Mohammad Alibakhshikenari, Raed A. Abd-Alhameed, Francisco Falcone, Ernesto Limiti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
• Series: Electronics
• Subjects: green’s functions; method of moments; uniaxial anisotropy; input impedance; field distributions; dipole antenna
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/9/1050

The present work considers the investigation of the effects of both electrical and magnetic uniaxial anisotropies on the input impedance, resonant length, and fields distribution of a dipole printed on an anisotropic grounded substrate. In this study, the associated integral equation, based on the derivation of the Green’s functions in the spectral domain, is numerically solved employing the method of moments. In order to validate the computing method and the evaluated calculation code, numerical results are compared with available data in the literature treating particular cases of electrical uniaxial anisotropy; reasonable agreements are reported. Novel results of the magnetic uniaxial anisotropy effects on the input impedance and the evaluated electromagnetic field are presented and discussed. This work will serve as a stepping stone for further works for a better understanding of the electromagnetic field behavior in complex anisotropic and bi-anisotropic media.