A mutual coupling study of linear and circular polarized microstrip antennas for diversity wireless systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 238-248

  Ramirez, Raul Ricardo ^a   De Flaviis, Franco ^b  

^a Los Angeles Unified School District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna array mutual coupling; Antenna arrays; Antenna diversity

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA ARRAY MUTUAL COUPLING; ANTENNA DIVERSITY; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0038444052     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.809089     Document Type: Article

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