Beam adaptive single arm rectangular spiral antenna with switches

IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-18

  Mehta, A ^a   Mirshekar Syahkal, D ^a   Nakano, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SWITCHES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BEAM ADAPTIVE; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 32544449794     PISSN: 13502417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-map:20050045     Document Type: Article

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