A power and efficiency measurement technique for active patch antennas

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 868-870

  Elkhazmi, Elmahdi A ^a   McEwan, Neil J ^a   Ali, Nazar T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active antennas; Antenna measurements; Microstrip antennas

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747396169     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.841888     Document Type: Article

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