Aperture-fed patch antenna with planar reactive load

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 182-185

  McFeetors, Greg ^a   Weldon, Michael A J ^a   Okoniewski, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aperature; Banwidth; Efficiency; Microstrip antenna; Monolithic; Planar; Reactive load

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAPACITANCE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC LOADS; LOADING; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

APERTURE; MONOLITHIC; PLANAR; REACTIVE LOADS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 11944266015     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2004.833980     Document Type: Article

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