The radiation properties of electrically small folded spherical helix antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 953-960

  Best, Steven R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrically small antennas; Helical antennas; Monopole antennas; Q factor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCIES; HELICAL ANTENNAS; RESONANCE;

ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; Q FACTOR; RADIATION RESISTANCE;

ANTENNA RADIATION;

EID: 2442564460     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.825799     Document Type: Article

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