An Examination of the Theory and Practices of Planar Near-field Measurement

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 746-753

  Wang, Johnson J H ^a  

^a GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBES;

EVANESCENT MODES; LOW-DIRECTIVITY PROBES; PLANAR NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENTS; PROBE-TO-ANTENNA DISTANCE;

ANTENNAS, SCANNING;

EID: 0024020150     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.1176     Document Type: Article

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