Mininec: A mini-numerical electromagnetics code

Analysis of a wire antenna of arbitrary shape

“…It is unlikely that these methods can be modified for analyzing antennas of arbitrary configurations. On the other hand, general-purpose numerical schemes for studying a wire antenna of arbitrary shape are available [5,6]. Most of these algorithms are based on the method of moments [7].…”

Integral transform technique of self-term wire antenna kernel

“…The singular treatment used in MININEC in [4], which is valid for the entire region of A/u, was also evaluated and listed on the third column of Table I. As can be seen in Table I, the proposed method has an excellent agreement with other three comparison results across the entire range of A/u.…”

Design and analysis of a folded meander dipole antenna using the MININEC program

“…The program accomplishes this by calculating the electromagnetic field components around the antenna, in the far-field region. The theroretical details of this method will not be discussed here, but can be found in reference (1).…”

“…The real advantage is that the solution technique results in a relatively compact computer code. The discussion that follows is transcribed from [1]. It is included in this paper because it is considered important in understanding the validity of the program as an antenna design tool.…”

“…[1] For complex-geometry antennas, this operation involved many handcalculations, iterations, simplification of antenna geometry and, of course, long hours of practical laboratory work.…”