Novel slot spiral antenna designs for dual-band/multiband operation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 430-440

  Filipović, Dejan S ^a,b   Volakis, John L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna radiation patterns; Axial ratio; Broadside direction; Finite element method; Flat spiral antenna; Gain; Infinite ground plane; Input impedance; Spiral antennas

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCIES;

FLAT SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0037705358     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.809872     Document Type: Article

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