Minimum Q of electrically small antennas: a critical review

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 172-177

  Grimes, Dale M ^a,b   Grimes, Craig A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; RADIATION Q;

ANTENNA RADIATION;

EID: 0035252206     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2760(20010205)28:3<172::AID-MOP7>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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