Microstrip antennas with suppressed radiation in horizontal directions and reduced coupling

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3469-3476

  Nikolić, Marija M ^a   Djordjević, Antonije R ^b   Nehorai, Arye ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^b School of Electrical Engineering   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antenna array mutual coupling; Antenna radiation patterns; Microstrip antennas; Microstrip arrays

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

ANTENNA ARRAY MUTUAL COUPLING; DIELECTRIC POLARIZATION CURRENTS; MICROSTRIP ARRAYS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 28644446494     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.858847     Document Type: Article

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