Radiation efficiency and surface waves for patch antennas on inhomogeneous substrates

IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 477-483

  Kristensson, G ^a   Waller, P ^a   Derneryd, A ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA RADIATION; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURRENT DENSITY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SURFACE WAVES;

INHOMOGENEOUS SUBSTRATE; PATCH ANTENNAS; PRINTED ANTENNAS; PROPAGATOR TECHNIQUE; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; RESIDUE CALCULUS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0842290738     PISSN: 13502417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-map:20030617     Document Type: Article

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