Effect of antenna gain and group delay variations on pulse-preserving capabilities of ultrawideband antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2208-2215

  Kwon, Do Hoon ^a,b  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atenna gain; Fidelity; Group delay; Ultrawide band (UWB) antennas

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ANTENNA GAIN; FIDELITY; GROUP DELAY; ULTRAWIDEBAND ANTENNAS;

BROADCASTING ANTENNAS;

EID: 33747592590     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.879189     Document Type: Article

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