Fractal antenna engineering: the theory and design of fractal antenna arrays

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 37-59

  Werner, Douglas H ^a   Haupt, Randy L ^b   Werner, Pingjuan L ^c  

^a Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA LOBES; FRACTALS; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING; ARRAY THINNING; FRACTAL ANTENNA ENGINEERING; LOG PERIODIC ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0033309115     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.801513     Document Type: Article

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