Dual-band six-element switched parasitic array for smart antenna cellular communications systems

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1342-1343

  Schlub, R ^a   Thiel, D V ^a   Lu, J W ^a   O'Keefe, S G ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

MONOPOLE ELEMENTS; PARASITIC SMART ANTENNAS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034249661     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000995     Document Type: Article

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