Directional reconfigurable antennas on laptop computers: Simulation, measurement and evaluation of candidate integration positions

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3220-3227

  Huff, Greg H ^a   Feng, Judy ^a,b   Zhang, Shenghui ^a   Cung, Garvin ^a   Bernhard, Jennifer T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna integration; Antenna packaging; Reconfigurable antenna

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA INTEGRATION; ANTENNA PACKAGING; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 11144348273     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.836425     Document Type: Article

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