Characterization of ultrawideband antennas using transfer functions

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Qing, Xianming ^a   Chen, Zhi Ning ^a   Chia, Michael Yan Wah ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ANTENNA SYSTEM; ANTENNA TRANSFER FUNCTION; TWO-PORT NETWORK; ULTRAWIDEBAND (UWB) ANTENNA;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33645994845     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003287     Document Type: Article

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