Diversity gain from a single-port adaptive antenna using switched parasitic elements illustrated with a wire and monopole prototype

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1066-1070

  Scott, Neil L ^a  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; PHASE SHIFTERS;

DIVERSITY GAIN; SWITCHED PARASITIC PROTOTYPE; WIRE MONOPOLE ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 0032667065     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.777133     Document Type: Article

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