Broadband Microstrip Antenna Design with the Simplified Real Frequency Technique

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 129-136

  An, Hongming ^a   Nauwelaers, Bart K J C ^b   Van de Capelle, Antoine R ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DESIGN; IMPEDANCE (ELECTRIC); TOPOLOGY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BANDWIDTH; IMPEDANCE MATCHING NETWORK; REAL FREQUENCY TECHNIQUES; SUPERIOR GAIN PROPERTIES; SYSTEM TRANSFER FUNCTION;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0028368465     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.277206     Document Type: Article

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