Physical limitations of antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2116-2123

  Geyi, Wen ^a  

^a RESEARCH IN MOTION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antenna quality factor; Maximum ratio of gain to quality factor; Small antenna

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FUNCTIONS; GAIN CONTROL;

ANTENNA QUALITY FACTORS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0041862784     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.814754     Document Type: Article

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