An investigation into measurement of handset antennas

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1100-1110

  Chen, Zhi Ning ^a   Yang, Ning ^a   Guo, Yong Xin ^a   Chia, Michael Yan Wah ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antenna measurement; Gain; Impedance; Radiation patterns; Small antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; COAXIAL CABLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FREQUENCIES; MEASUREMENTS; MICROSTRIP LINES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; HANDSET ANTENNAS; SMALL ANTENNAS;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 20544469709     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.847242     Document Type: Article

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