Numerical Analysis of Open-Ended Coaxial Lines

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1983, Pages 380-384

  Gajda, Gregory B ^a   Stuchly, Stanislaw S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES, COAXIAL - THEORY;

METHOD OF MOMENTS (MOM); OPEN-ENDED COAXIAL SENSOR;

SENSORS;

EID: 0020751962     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1983.1131507     Document Type: Article

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