Broadband folded printed quadrifilar helical antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1600-1604

  Letestu, Yoann ^a   Sharaiha, Ala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Broadband antenna; Circular polarization; Folded antenna; Printed quadrifialar helical antenna (PQHA); Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; POLARIZATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND ANTENNA; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; FOLDED ANTENNA; PRINTED QUADRIFILAR HELICAL ANTENNA (PQHA);

HELICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 33646505118     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.874365     Document Type: Article

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