Wide-band analysis of wire antenna using MoM combined with best uniform rational approximation and surface–surface configuration

In this article, an efficient method based on the method of moments (MoM) combined with the best uniform rational approximation and surface–surface configuration is presented for the wide-band analysis of wire antenna. Compared with the asymptotic waveform evaluation technique, the major advantage of the Maehly approximation is that it can be easily implemented into an existing MoM computer code. Compared with the wire-surface configuration, the surface–surface configuration is easy to ensure the current continuity at the junction and maintain the required good accuracy. Numerical results including the input admittance and return loss show that the CPU time took by Maehly approximation is about 1/10 of the CPU time used by the traditional MoM. Good agreement between the presented method and the exact solution is observed. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE, 2010.