Response of a Terminated Transmission Line Excited by a Plane Wave Field for Arbitrary Angles of Incidence

An analysis to determine the response of an impedance-loaded transmission line configuration excited by a plane-polarized electric field of arbitrary spatial orientation has been needed for a long time. The purpose of the present paper is to meet this need by suggesting a method of solution based on the analysis of the simplest of such circuits: an impedance-terminated two-conductor transmission line. The theory is based on the use of the Rayleigh-Carson reciprocity theorem.