A small microstrip patch antenna with a convenient tuning option

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1521-1528

  Bokhari, S A ^a   Zürcher, Jean François ^a   Mosig, Juan R ^a   Gardiol, Fred E ^a  

^a UNICAD Canada Ltd   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GEOMETRY; MICROSTRIP LINES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

FREQUENCY TUNING; IMPEDANCE MATCHING SQUARE PATCH ANTENNAS; RESONANT MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0030288102     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.542077     Document Type: Article

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