Enhancing the gain of helical antennas by shaping the ground conductor

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-140

  Djordjević, Antonije R ^a   Zajić, Alenka G ^b   Ilić, Milan M ^a  

^a University of Belgrade   (Serbia)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna gain; Axial mode; Helical antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA GAINS; AXIAL MODE; GROUND CONDUCTORS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SIZE AND SHAPE; THEORETICAL RESULT;

ANTENNA GROUNDS;

HELICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 33847367906     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2006.873946     Document Type: Article

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