Recent Advances in Dielectric-Resonator Antenna Technology

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 35-47

  Petosa, A ^a,c,d,e   Ittipiboon, A ^a,f,g   Antar, Y M M ^{a,b,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n}   Roscoe, D ^a,g,l   Cuhaci, M ^a  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CAL Corp   (Canada)

^e GANDEC Systems Inc   (Canada)

^f KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^h ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

ⁱ Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

^j UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^k NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^l Faculty of Engineering ^*

^m CNC/URSI Commission B

ⁿ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Dielectric loaded antennas; Dielectric resonator antennas

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; RESONATORS;

DIELECTRIC-RESONATOR ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0032093435     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.706069     Document Type: Article

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