Pattern reconfigurable spiral antenna and its current distribution

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2567-2570

  Mehta, Amit ^a   Mirshekar Syahkal, Dariush ^b   Nakano, Hisamatsu ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam steer ability; Spiral antenna; Switched beam antennas

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL DESIGN;

BEAM STEER-ABILITY; SPIRAL ANTENNA; SWITCHABLE ANTENNAS; SWITCHED BEAM ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 34548598552     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.22738     Document Type: Article

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