Bow-Tie antennas on a dielectric half-space: Theory and experiment

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 622-631

  Compton, Richard C ^a   McPhedran, Ross C ^b   Popovic, Zorana ^c   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^c   Rutledge, David B ^c   Tong, Peter P ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS, COMMUNICATION - TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS - IMPEDANCE; SUBSTRATES - DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

BOW-TIE ANTENNA; DIELECTRIC WAVE NUMBER PROPAGATION; LOW-LOSS CURRENT MODES; PATTERN MEASUREMENTS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0023363233     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1987.1144162     Document Type: Article

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