FDTD analysis of resistor-loaded bow-tie antennas covered with ferrite-coated conducting cavity for subsurface radar

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 970-977

  Nishioka, Yasuhiro ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KDDI R AND D LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; FERRITES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OBJECT RECOGNITION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CAVITY-BACKED ANTENNAS; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS (GPR);

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032642949     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.777119     Document Type: Article

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