Switched parasitic antenna on a finite ground plane with conductive sleeve

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1343-1347

  Schlub, Robert ^a   Thiel, David V ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conductive sleeve; Finite ground plane; Steerable antennas; Switched parasitic antennas

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL CABLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SWITCHES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE; FINITE GROUND PLANE; SWITCHED PARASITIC ANTENNA; YAGI-UDA ARRAY;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 2942559239     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.827504     Document Type: Article

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