Optimization of Bow-Tie Antennas for Pulse Radiation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 975-982

  Shlager, Kurt L ^a   Smith, Glenn S ^a   Maloney, James G ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; CYLINDRICAL ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BOW TIE ANTENNAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INPUT IMPEDANCE;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0028468181     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.299600     Document Type: Article

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