SELECTING WIRE RADIUS FOR GRID/MESH MODELS

Abstract

Conducting bodies such as antennas and scatterers can be modelled by thin wire segments. However, a generally accepted and consistent criteria for selecting optimum radius for the wire segments in the model has yet to be specified. This paper presents some results rom modelling microstrip patch antennas with thin wires and the effects of wire radius on the resonance characteristics of the antenna. [Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 43- 57 (1990)]