An efficient recursive procedure for evaluating the impedance matrix of linear and planar fractal arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 380-387

  Werner, Douglas H ^a   Baldacci, Dave ^a,b,c   Werner, Pingjuan L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving point impedance; Fractal antennas; Fractal arrays; Fractals

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA RADIATION; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FRACTALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

DRIVING POINT IMPEDANCE; FRACTAL ANTENNAS; FRACTAL ARRAYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 1942489018     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.823967     Document Type: Article

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