Gain Optimization for Yagi-Uda Arrays

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 42-46

  Croswell, William F ^a   Cheng, David K ^b  

^a AP S Historian ^*  (Australia)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3843129149     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.88220     Document Type: Article

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