Radiation characteristics of strip‐loaded dielectric‐coated conducting cylinder

The radiation characteristics of strip-loaded dielectric-coated conducting cylinder are investigated theoretically for the infinite and finite periodic structures. For the infinite case, the strip electric current expansion satisfying edge condition and the field expression with a summation of space harmonics are applied to solve a homogeneous matrix equation. The integral equation is derived for the finite structure by using the inverse Fourier transform and the strip current expansion. The influences of the strip width, cylinder radius, and finite strip number on the radiation characteristics (leakage constant, phase constant, radiation pattern, and beam scanning) are investigated. The results of the finite periodic strips are compared with those of the infinite extent structure and good agreement is found. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE, 2008.