Characteristic Mode Formulation for Dielectric Coated Conducting Bodies

In this paper, characteristic mode (CM) formulations are developed from surface integral equation (SIE) for the modal analysis of dielectric coated conducting bodies. The electric field integral equation-Poggio, Miller, Chang, Harrington, Wu, and Tsai SIE is used for modeling the dielectric coated conducting bodies. By ensuring the field continuity on the interface boundary, two types of generalized eigenvalues equations are formulated to determine the resonant behavior of the dielectric coated conducting bodies. Following Poynting's theorem, the resultant eigenvalues indicate the ratio of the imaginary and real part of the complex power for each CM. Zero eigenvalues indicate the resonance in dielectric coated conducting bodies. The corresponding modal fields provide with clear physical insights into the radiation/scattering mechanisms. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed CM formulations.