A frequency-tunable mechanically actuated microstrip patch antenna

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 548-551

  Al Dahleh, R ^a   Shafai, L ^a   Shafai, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

MECHANICALLY ACTUATED MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA; POWER LOSS; SELECTIVE LATERAL ETCHING;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0042470708     PISSN: 02724693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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