Effect of surface wave diffraction on radiation pattern of slot antenna etched in finite ground plane

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 1444-1446

  Stockbroeckx, B ^a   Huynen, I ^a   Vander Vorst, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE WAVES;

FINITE GROUND PLANES;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 0034250061     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20001075     Document Type: Article

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