Improvements of dipole, helix, spiral, microstrip patch and aperture antennas with ground planes by using corrugated soft surfaces

IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 244-248

  Ying, Z ^a   Kildal, P S ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aperture; Choke ring; Corrugations; Dipole; Feed; GPS; Helix; Microstrip; Moment method; Soft surface; UTD

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA GROUNDS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ESTIMATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HELICAL ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PERFORMANCE; SURFACES;

APERTURE ANTENNAS; CHOKE RING; CIRCULAR CORRUGATIONS; CORRUGATED SOFT SURFACES; CROSS POLARIZATION; GROUND PLANES; UNIFORM GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION; WAVEGUIDE APERTURE;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0030163932     PISSN: 13502417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-map:19960385     Document Type: Article

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