Effects on the radiation characteristics of using a corrugated reflector with a helical antenna and an electromagnetic band-gap reflector with a spiral antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 191-199

  Nakano, Hisamatsu ^a   Hitosugi, Kazuo ^a   Tatsuzawa, Naoki ^a   Togashi, Daisuke ^a   Mimaki, Hiroaki ^a   Yamauchi, Junji ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corrugated reflector; Electromagnetic band gap reflector; Finite difference time domain method (FDTDM); Helical antenna; Spiral antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CORRUGATED REFLECTOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP REFLECTOR; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; SPIRAL ANTENNA;

HELICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 13244278037     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.840755     Document Type: Article

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