TY - JOUR A1 - Gómez Tornero, José Luis AU - Quesada Pereira, Fernando Daniel AU - Álvarez Melcón , Alejandro T1 - Novel microwave network for the leaky-wave analysis of evanescent fields in stub-loaded structures Y1 - 2008 SN - 0018-9480 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10317/646 AB - In this paper, a new transverse equivalent network for the modal analysis of stub-loaded leaky-wave antennas is developed. The derived network is useful for the study of the radiation of evanescent fields that occurs when they reach the top aperture of the parallel-plate stub. This transverse network is based, for the first time, on a nonhybrid formulation of the constituent parallel- plates modes of order 1 (TE 1 andTM 1 ). The obtained network is an alternative to the one based on hybrid TE 1 andTM 1 modes, and leads to a simpler transverse resonance equation. The new equivalent network is validated by obtaining leaky-mode dispersion curves for a previously studied leaky-wave antenna in nonradiative dielectric guide technology. KW - Teoría de la Señal y las Comunicaciones KW - Circuito de quivalencia transversal KW - Matriz cargada con antenas de fuga de ondas KW - Nonradiative dielectric (NRD) leaky-wave antennas KW - Stub-loaded leaky-wave antennas KW - Transverse equivalent circuit KW - Antena de fuga de ondas dieléctricas de no radiación LA - eng PB - IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society ER -