A novel radiation pattern and frequency reconfigurable single turn square spiral microstrip antenna

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-59

  Huff, G H ^a   Feng, J ^a   Zhang, S ^a   Bernhard, J T ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Microstrip antenna; Reconfigurable antenna

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FREQUENCIES; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

IMPEDANCE BANDWIDTH; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; SOFTWARE PACKAGE IE3D;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0037331475     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2003.808714     Document Type: Letter

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