Design considerations for rectangular microstrip antenna elements with various substrate thicknesses

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-121

  Kara, Mehmet ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microstrip antennas; Microstrip problems; Patch antennas; Patch design; Patch design considerations; Rectangular microstrip antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; SUBSTRATES;

RECTANGULAR MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032487284     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19981005)19:2<111::AID-MOP8>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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