Impulse-radiating antenna with an offset geometry

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1738-1744

  Kim, Kangwook ^a   Scott, Waymond R ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulse radiating antennas (IRAs); Offset reflector antennas; Ultrawide band (UWB) antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

IMPULSE RADIATING ANTENNAS (IRAS); OFFSET REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC FEED; ULTRAWIDEBAND (UWB) ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA REFLECTORS;

EID: 19144365245     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.846808     Document Type: Article

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