Spherical-coordinate FDTD analysis of conical antennas mounted above finite ground planes

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 78-82

  Liu, Gang ^a   Grimes, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GROUND PLANE EFFECTS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032655372     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19991020)23:2<78::AID-MOP5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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