Numerical and experimental analysis of circular-end wire bow-tie antennas over a lossy ground

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-35

  Lestari, Andrian Andaya ^a   Yarovoy, Alexander G ^a   Ligthart, Leo P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bow tie antennas; Ground penetrating radar; Mixed potential integral equation; Wire antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BOW-TIE ANTENNAS; MIXED-POTENTIAL INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; WIRE ANTENNAS;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 1542346140     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.820959     Document Type: Article

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