A re-examination of the fundamental limits on the radiation q of electrically small antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 672-676

  McLean, James S ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; RADIATION QUALITY FACTOR;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 0030151353     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.496253     Document Type: Article

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