Patch antennas with switchable slots (PASS) in wireless communications: Concepts, designs, and applications

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 13-29

  Yang, Fan ^a,b   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b The University of Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular polarization; Diversity methods; Microstrip antennas; Multifrequency antennas; Polarization; Polarization diversity; Reconfigurable antennas; Slot antennas; Switches

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; DIVERSITY METHODS; MULTIFREQUENCY ANTENNAS; PATCH ANTENNAS; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 23944514024     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2005.1487774     Document Type: Article

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