Selection of the optimum feeding point of heater-grid antennas using NEC-2 moment-method code

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 310-314

  Shim, Jaeruen ^a   Lee, Sung Shin ^a   Lee, Joon Ho ^a   Kang, Jeong Gook ^a   Koo, Ja Chun ^a   Kim, Hyo Tae ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; AUTOMOBILE RADIO EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FREQUENCY MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RECEPTION QUALITY;

FEEDING POINTS; HEATER GRID ANTENNAS; WIRE GRID MODELING;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 0033527112     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19990905)22:5<310::AID-MOP6>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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