Design of a wide-band L-probe patch antenna for pattern reconfiguration or diversity applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 433-438

  Yang, Shing Lung Steven ^a   Luk, Kwai Man ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antenna radiation patterns; Microstrip antenna; Wide band antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; DESIGN; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIVERSITY RECEPTION; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS;

CIRCULAR PATCH ANTENNA; PATTERN RECONFIGURATION; SWITCHING FEED NETWORKS; WIDE-BAND ANTENNA;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 32444438502     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.863376     Document Type: Article

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