An Accurate Theoretical Model for the Thin-Wire Circular Half-Loop Antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 1167-1177

  Zhou, Guangping ^a   Smith, Glenn S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

CIRCULAR LOOP ANTENNAS; INPUT ADMITTANCES; PROPAGATION MODES;

ANTENNAS, LOOP;

EID: 0026204870     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.97352     Document Type: Article

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