A new aperture coupled microstrip slot antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2818-2826

  Rao, Qinjiang ^a   Denidni, Tayeb A ^a   Johnston, Ronald H ^b  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Front back radiation ratio; Microstrip slot antennas; Standing wave distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA LOBES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; MEASUREMENTS; MICROSTRIP LINES; SLOT ANTENNAS;

FRONT-BACK RADIATION RATIO; PARASITIC PATCH RADIATORS; STANDING WAVE DISTRIBUTION;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 27644570610     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.854521     Document Type: Article

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