Broadband high-efficiency linearly and circularly polarized active integrated antennas

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2723-2732

  Qin, Yi ^b   Gao, Steven ^a,b   Sambell, Alistair ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active integrated antennas (AIAs); Antenna; Broadband antenna; Class E amplifier; High efficiency; Power amplifier (PA)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE INTEGRATED ANTENNAS (AIA); LINEAR POLARIZATION; POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY (PAE);

BANDWIDTH; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; LOGIC DESIGN; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 33947386235     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.874873     Document Type: Article

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