Design of a prefractal monopolar antenna for 3.4-3.6 GHz Wi-Max band portable devices

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 116-119

  Azaro, Renzo ^a,b   Boato, Giulia ^b   Donelli, Massimo ^b   Massa, Andrea ^a,b   Zeni, Edoardo ^b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antennas design; Fractal antennas; Microstrip antennas; Particle swarm optimizer; WiMax portable devices; Wireless systems

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS DESIGN; FRACTAL ANTENNAS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZER; VOLTAGE STANDING WAVE RATIO (VSWR); WIMAX PORTABLE DEVICES;

FRACTALS; OPTIMIZATION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; VOLTAGE CONTROL; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 33645671679     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2006.872427     Document Type: Article

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