Circular fractal antenna approaches with descrates circle theorem for multiband/wideband applications

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 404-408

  Liu, Ji Chyun ^a   Chang, Dau Chyrh ^b   Soong, David ^c   Chen, Chen Hsiang ^c   Wu, Ching Yang ^c   Yao, Leo ^d  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Circular fractal antenna; Descartes circle theorem

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FRACTALS; FREQUENCIES; ITERATIVE METHODS; THEOREM PROVING; WAVEGUIDES;

CIRCULAR FRACTAL ANTENNAS; DESCARTES CIRCLE THEOREM; ITERATIVE PROCESSES; MULTIBAND/WIDEBAND SPECTRA;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 14744269540     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20649     Document Type: Article

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