A biomimetic antenna in the shape of a bat's ear

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-147

  Flint, James A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomimetic antenna; Monopole; Triangular patch

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR GROUND PLANE; CONDUCTING PLATES; HIGH GAIN; MONOPOLE; RADIATION PATTERNS; SIDE LOBES; TRIANGULAR PATCH; TRIANGULAR PLATES;

BIOMIMETICS; GEOMETRY;

MONOPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 33847405060     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2006.873940     Document Type: Article

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