Maxwellian circuits and Green's functions

In a series of conference and journal papers [1-3], Mei has laid the foundation of the theory of Maxwellian circuits, which asserts that any wire structure, such as a thin wire antenna or a microstrip device, can be represented by an equivalent circuit, the solution of which is identical to the solution of the Maxwell equations of the structure. Such a circuit is said to be Maxwellian. This paper investigates the environmental effects of the Maxwellian circuit, in particular the role of the Green's functions of the integral equation. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.