An L-band tunable microstrip antenna using multiple varactors

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 524-527

  Jin, Zhang ^a   Mortazawi, Amir ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); GAIN MEASUREMENT; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; VARACTORS;

FREQUENCY TUNING; L-BAND TUNABLE MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MULTIPLE VARACTORS; RETURN LOSS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0041468988     PISSN: 02724693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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