On the lower bound of the radiation Q for electrically small antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1263-1269

  Thiele, Gary A ^a,b   Detweiler, Phil L ^a,c   Penno, Robert P ^a  

^a University of Dayton   (United States)

^b G A Thiele Consulting   (United States)

^c GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna theory; Antennas; Apertures; Dipole antennas; Electrically small antennas; Electromagnetic radiation; Linear antennas; Q factor; Wire antennas

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0037707268     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.812254     Document Type: Article

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