An Empirical Approach for Design of Wideband, Probe-Fed, U-Slot Microstrip Patch Antennas on Single-Layer, Infinite, Grounded Substrates

Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-201

  Natarajan, V ^a   Chatterjee, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GAIN CONTROL; HEURISTIC METHODS; MICROWAVES; PERMITTIVITY; SUBSTRATES; TOPOLOGY;

PATCH ANTENNAS; PROCESS CYCLE;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0347592041     PISSN: 10544887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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