FD-TD design of short backfire antennas

IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Rayner, M ^a   Olver, A D ^a   Monk, A D ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ESSCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennas; Finite difference time domain method; Short backfire antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA REFLECTORS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

SHORT BACKFIRE ANTENNAS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0031070291     PISSN: 13502417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-map:19970896     Document Type: Article

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