Light-weight base station antenna with artificial wire medium lens

IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-170

  Ikonen, P ^a   Karkkainen M ^a   Simovski, C ^a,b   Belov, P ^b   Tretyakov, S ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LENSES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

ARTIFICIAL WIRE MEDIUM LENS; DIELECTRIC LENS; LIGHT-WEIGHT BASE STATION ANTENNA; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (UMTS);

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33745952447     PISSN: 13502417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-map:20050078     Document Type: Article

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