Size reduction of a liquid crystal-based, frequency-adjustable patch antenna

Conference Proceedings- European Microwave Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 825-828

  Martin, Noham ^a   Laurent, Paul ^a   Person, Christian ^a   Gelin, Philippe ^a   Huret, Fabrice ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY;

BEAMWIDTH; DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY; MICROWAVE FUNCTION INTEGRATION; PATCH ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 18744412707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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