Design and analysis of small multisector antenna for wireless LANs based on monopole Yagi-Uda elements

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part I: Communications (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 80-90

  Maruyama, Tamami ^a   Uehara, Kazuhiro ^a   Kagoshima, Kenichi ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Method of moments; Sector antenna; Small antenna; Wireless LAN; Yagi Uda antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BEAMWIDTH; MULTISECTOR ANTENNA; YAGI-UDA ANTENNA;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0032350581     PISSN: 87566621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6424(199812)81:12<80::aid-ecja9>3.0.co;2-t     Document Type: Article

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