Frequency tuning of the linearly and circularly polarized dielectric resonator antennas using multiple parasitic strips

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 225-230

  Ng, Hoi Kuen ^a,b   Leung, Kwok Wa ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dielectric antennas; Frequency tuning; Method of moments (MoM); Parasitic antennas

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNA (DRA); FREQUENCY TUNING; PARASITIC ANTENNAS;

DIELECTRIC RESONATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; TUNING;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33947182490     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.861546     Document Type: Article

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