High performance conical horn antennas (part I)

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 585-595

  Hamid, Michael ^a  

^a University of South Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA LOBES; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; PERMITTIVITY; RADIATION EFFECTS;

DIELECTRIC LOADING;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 0038047898     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15693930360681901     Document Type: Article

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