Harmonic distortion suppression technique for varactor-loaded parasitic radiator antennas

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E85-C, Issue 12 SPEC., 2002, Pages 2015-2021

  Han, Qing ^a   Inagaki, Keizo ^a   Iigusa, Kyouichi ^a   Schlub, Robert ^b   Ohira, Takashi ^a   Akaike, Masami ^c  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ESPAR antenna; Harmonic distortion; Nonlinear; Reactive near field measurement; Varactor diode

Indexed keywords

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; CAPACITANCE; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); HARMONIC DISTORTION; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; NONLINEAR NETWORKS; PROBES; TRANSMITTERS; VARACTORS;

ELECTRONICALLY STEERABLE PASSIVE ARRAY RADIATOR ANTENNA; REACTIVE NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENT; VARACTOR-LOADED PARASITIC RADIATOR ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0036999698     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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