The Design of Jauman Absorbers

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 17-25

  Du Toit, Leendert J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; PERMITTIVITY; TOPOLOGY;

JAUMAN ABSORBERS; PASSBAND REFLECTION COEFFICIENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

EID: 0028699029     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.370526     Document Type: Article

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