Extracting equivalent currents (Antenna Toolbox)

Dear all,

would it be possible to calculate equivalent currents (also called Love-Currents) out of measured data of the radiation pattern of an antenna.

I wanna read in measured data of the radiation pattern of an antenna and calculate the Love-Currents out of this.

Maybe something could be done with the MoM solver (which is I think based on Integral Equations) in the Antenna Toolbox.

Do you have any suggestions or ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Best

Answer 1

[Vinod Dwarapudi]

Hi Johannes Brantl

While Antenna Toolbox can compute currents and tangential fields for a known antenna geometry, reconstructing equivalent surface currents directly from measured far-field radiation pattern data is not supported.

For related information on obtaining tangential field values from antenna models in Antenna Toolbox, please refer to: Getting Tangential Field Values of an Antenna.