An Improved Small Antenna Radiation-Efficiency Measurement Method

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 40-47

  Johnston, Ronald H ^a,c,d,e,f,g   McRory, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TRLABS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e General Electric Healthcare   (Canada)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Efficiency measurement; Small antennas

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ERROR CORRECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MEASUREMENTS;

ANTENNA EFFICIENCY;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032182147     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.735964     Document Type: Article

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