An annular-ring microstrip antenna fed by a co-planar feed circuit for Mobile Satellite Communication Use

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1001-1008

  Ohmine, Hiroyuki ^a   Sunahara, Yonehiko ^a   Matsunaga, Makoto ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microstrip antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANNULAR-RING MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS (ARMSA); COPLANAR FEED CIRCUITS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0031169038     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.585748     Document Type: Article

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