Element efficiency: A unifying concept for array antennas

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 48-56

  Kahn, Walter K ^a  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Antenna element efficiency; Antenna gain; Antenna theory; Antennas; Mutual coupling

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANTENNA GAIN; ANTENNA-ELEMENT EFFICIENCY;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 36749065543     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2007.4385596     Document Type: Article

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