Causal Excitation in Antenna Simulations

The critical relevance of ensuring the excitation’s causality in electromagnetic (EM) simulations is validated via theoretical arguments and simulation results. Two families of model pulses with an implicitly causal behavior, namely the windowed-power (WP) and the power-exponential (PE) ones, are elaborately discussed. After introducing their...

Amplitude-modulated, Cosine PE and WP Pulses: Theory and Applicability

The amplitude-modulated, cosine powerexponential (PE) and windowed-power (WP) pulses are discussed, by insisting on their time-domain normalization. Illustrative examples of signatures and their correspondent frequency-domain behavior are given. These examples compellingly demonstrate the possibility to replace non-causal pulses of prevalent...

Finite Temporal Support Pulses for em Excitation

A new family of pulses is introduced. It consists of a windowed-power (WP), unipolar prototype, a unicycle, and a pulse with almost rectangular spectral diagram. These pulses have finite temporal support, controlled continuity at onset and end, and are tailored via simple design rules. The WP prototype has a very low spectral leakage. The WP...