Input impedance of microstrip-slot-coupled dielectric resonator antennas mounted on thin dielectric layers

International Journal of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 174-182

  Junker, Gregory P ^a   Kishk, Ahmed A ^a   Kajfez, Darko ^a   Glisson, Allen W ^a   Guo, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODIES OF REVOLUTION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESTIMATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RESONATORS; THIN FILMS;

DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNAS; THIN DIELECTRIC LAYERS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0030150313     PISSN: 10501827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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