Search for high-performance probe-fed stacked patches using optimization

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-255

  Mitchell, Arnan ^a   Lech, Margaret ^a   Kokotoff, David M ^b   Waterhouse, Rod B ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Gabriel Electronics   (United States)

^c Dorsal Networks   (United States)

Author keywords

Microstrip antennas; Optimization methods; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; DESIGN; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE WAVES;

HIGH PERFORMANCE PROBE FED STACKED PATCHES; MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0037853009     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.809070     Document Type: Article

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