A dipole excited ultrawideband dielectric rod antenna with reflector

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1948-1954

  Blech, Marcel D ^a   Eibert, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dielectric rod; Normalized impulse response; Reflector; Ultrawideband (UWB) antenna

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC ROD ANTENNA; METALLIC REFLECTOR; MICROSTRIP LINE BALUN; ULTRAWIDEBAND (UWB) ANTENNA; ULTRAWIDEBAND FREQUENCY;

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; BANDWIDTH; MICROSTRIP LINES;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 34547104830     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.900261     Document Type: Article

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