Analysis of Stacked Microstrip Patches with a Mixed Potential Integral Equation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 608-615

  Barlatey, Lionel ^a   Mosig, Juan R ^a   Sphicopoulos, Thomas ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

ACTIVE ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP PATCHES; MIXED POTENTIAL INTEGRAL EQUATION; PATCH ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0025433465     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.53488     Document Type: Article

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