TEM horn antenna with an elliptic profile

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1548-1551

  Malherbe, J A G ^a   Barnes, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elliptic taper; TEM horn; Ultra wideband antenna

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELLIPSOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELLIPTIC TAPER; OPTIMAL IMPEDANCE FUNCTION; ULTRA WIDEBAND ANTENNA;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 34249785646     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.22488     Document Type: Article

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