Heating Characteristics of Thin Helical Antennas with Conducting Cores in a Lossy Medium—I: Noninsulated Antennas

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 1878-1886

  Mirotznik, Mark S ^a   Engheta, Nader ^b   Foster, Kenneth R ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CONDUCTING CORES; LOSSY MEDIA;

HELICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 0027701170     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.273412     Document Type: Article

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