Microstrip antenna with shorting pins as a sensor for landmines detection

National Radio Science Conference, NRSC, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Zainud Deen, S H ^a   Badr, M E ^a   Awadalla, K H ^a   Sharshar, H A ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY PROCESSING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

GROUND PLANES; LANDMINES DETECTIONS; MICROSTRIP PATCH ARRAYS; SHORTING PINS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 34648819793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NRSC.2007.371358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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