An overview of fractal antenna engineering research

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-57

  Werner, Douglas H ^a   Ganguly, Suman ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Center for Remote Sensing Inc Fairfax   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Antenna theory; Antennas; Electrodynamics; Fractals; Frequency selective surfaces; Log periodic antennas; Miniature antennas; Multi band antennas

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; FRACTALS; GEOMETRY;

ANTENNA THEORY; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES; LOG PERIODIC ANTENNAS; MINIATURE ANTENNAS; MULTI-BAND ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0038354738     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2003.1189650     Document Type: Article

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