Measurement and FEM modeling of a reconfigurable-patch antenna for use in the wideband gapfiller satellite system

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 379-382

  Lee, A W M ^a   Kagan, S K ^a   Wong, M ^a   Singh, R S ^a   Brown, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC SWITCHES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STRIP METAL;

HALF POWER BEAM WIDTHS; RECONFIGURABLE APERTURE PATCH ANTENNA; WIDEBAND GAPFILLER SATELLITE SYSTEM;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0041973580     PISSN: 02724693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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