The dielectric wedge antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1460-1472

  Yarovoy, Alexander G ^a   Schukin, Alexander D ^b   Kaploun, Igor V ^b   Ligthart, Leo P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Academician A L Mints Radiotechnical Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Ground penetrating radar; TEM horn antenna; Transient antenna; Ultra wideband antenna

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HORN ANTENNAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC WEDGE ANTENNA; TRANSIENT ANTENNA; ULTRA WIDEBAND ANTENNA;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 0036821680     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2002.803968     Document Type: Article

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