Efficient PO-MOM Method for Analysis of the Radiation Characteristics of a Large Antenna-Radome System

An efficient hybrid method based on the method of moments (MOM) and physical optics (PO) for the analysis of radiation characteristics of an electrically large antenna-radome system is presented. Specifically, MOM is first applied to the antenna to find the current on its surface, and then the equivalent PO currents produced by the antenna radiation are assumed on the radome wall. When the coupling of the PO currents and antenna current is considered, the coupling matrix is divided into a series of partial matrices, in order to deduce the memory requirement and accelerate the evaluation process. Numerical results indicate that the proposed hybrid PO-MOM method is accurate and efficient.