A discussion on the properties of electrically small self-resonant wire antennas

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 9-22

  Best, Steven R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna theory; Helical antennas; Monopole antennas; Small antennas; Wire antennas

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

ANTENNA THEORY; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; SMALL ANTENNAS; WIRE ANTENNAS;

HELICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 13244286139     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2004.1396731     Document Type: Article

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