Near-Field Gain of a Horn and an Open-Ended Waveguide: Comparison Between Theory and Experiment

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 33-40

  Kanda, Motohisa ^a   Orr, R David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS - GAIN; WAVEGUIDES - MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NEAR-FIELD GAIN; OPEN-ENDED WAVEGUIDE (OEG); TRANSFER-STANDARD-PROBE METHOD; TRANSMITTING ANTENNA;

ANTENNAS, HORN;

EID: 0023238183     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1987.1143963     Document Type: Article

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