Research Article

Modal Proportion Analysis in Antenna Characteristic Mode Theory

Table 2

MWCs and far field values ( and ) of the first 6 modes of the ICE-fed antenna at 2.2 GHz.

ModeMWC from Figure 5(c)MWC proportionEFV from Figure 7(b)Modal proportion

10.11753.7%6.5640.76866.3%
20.0156.9%0.9030.0141.2%
30.05525.5%1.8810.1038.9%
40.0020.9%1.5630.0030.3%
50.0167.3%10.0140.16013.8%
60.0136.0%8.4310.0119.5%

MWC, modal weighting coefficient; EFV, electric field value.