Experimental investigations on electronically tunable microstrip antennas

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 166-169

  Jose, K A ^a   Varadan, V K ^a   Varadan, V V ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronically tunable microstrip antennas; Microstrip antennas; Smart skin antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PERMITTIVITY; SUBSTRATES;

BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE; FREQUENCY TUNING;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0033524625     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19990205)20:3<166::AID-MOP5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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