Evanescent reactive-near-field measurement for ESPAR antenna characterization

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2953-2962

  Han, Qing ^a   Inagaki, Keizo ^a   Hanna, Brett ^a,b   Ohira, Takashi ^a  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b Startronics   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anechoic chamber; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Monopole arrays; Probe antennas

Indexed keywords

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANTENNA CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRONICALLY STEERABLE PARASITIC ARRAY RADIATOR (ESPAR); EVANESCENT REACTIVE-NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENT; MONOPOLE ARRAYS; PROBE ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 33750114741     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.882155     Document Type: Article

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