A varactor-tuned dual-band slot antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 401-408

  Behdad, Nader ^a   Sarabandi, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Multifrequency antennas; Multiple band antennas; Reconfigurable antennas; Slot antennas

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DESIGN; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TUNING; VARACTORS;

MULTIFREQUENCY ANTENNAS; MULTIPLE BAND ANTENNAS; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS; VARACTOR TUNED SLOT ANTENNA;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 32444448735     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.863373     Document Type: Article

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