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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 48 Number 3, March 2000

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Coupling Through Tortuous Path Narrow Slot Apertures into Complex Cavities

Russell P. Jedlicka, Senior Member, IEEE Steven P. Castillo, Senior Member, IEEE and Larry K. Warne

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Abstract:

A hybrid finite-element method/method of moments (FEM/MOM) model has been implemented to compute the coupling of fields into a cavity through narrow slot apertures having depth. The model utilizes the slot model of Warne and Chen [24]-[30],which takes into account the depth of the slot, wall losses, and dielectrics with air gaps in the slot region. The cavity interior is modeled with the mixed-order covariant-projection elements of Crowley [33]. Results are given showing the accuracy and generality of the method for modeling geometrically complex slot-cavity combinations.

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