An Impedance-Matching Technique for Increasing the Bandwidth of Microstrip Antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1989, Pages 1345-1354

  Pues, Hugo F ^a   Van De Capelle, Antoine R ^b  

^a Emerson & Cuming Europe NV ^*  (Belgium)

^b The Department of Elektrotechniek Afd Microgolven and Lasers ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

BROADBAND IMPEDANCE MATCHING; LOADED ANTENNAS; MATCHING NETWORK; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; STRIPLINE CIRCUIT;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0024767309     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.43553     Document Type: Article

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