Maltese-cross coaxial balun-fed antenna for GPS and DCS1800 mobile communication

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 779-783

  Teo, Peng Thian ^a   Lee, Kian Seng ^a   Lee, Ching Kwang ^b  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Circularly polarized antenna; GPS DCS1800 relay station antenna; GPS GSM DCS1800 terminal; GPS iridium antenna; Location determination technology (LDT); Maltese cross antenna; Mobile communication technology; Vehicular positioning and navigation antenna; Wireless E 911

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; IRIDIUM ANTENNA; MALTESE-CROSS COAXIAL BALUN-FED ANTENNA; VEHICULAR NAVIGATION ANTENNA; VEHICULAR POSITIONING ANTENNA;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042913093     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2003.814225     Document Type: Article

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