Active integrated antenna design using a contact-less, proximity coupled, differentially fed technique

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-276

  Lee, Ee ^a   Chan, Kin Meng ^b   Gardner, Peter ^b   Dodgson, Terence E ^c  

^a M/A COM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Roke Manor Research Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active integrated antenna (AIA); Contact less coupling; Differential antenna; Microstrip antenna; Proximity coupling; Push pull amplifier and differentially fed antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

ACTIVE INTEGRATED ANTENNAS; DIFFERENTIAL FEEDING TECHNIQUE; PUSH-PULL AMPLIFIER;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 33947401500     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.889828     Document Type: Article

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