Design of ultrawideband planar monopole antennas of circular and elliptical shape

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-23

  Abbosh, Amin M ^a   Bialkowski, Marek E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenna design; Planar antenna; Ultrawideband (UWB) antenna

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; DESIGN; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; PERMITTIVITY; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

ANTENNA DESIGN; PLANAR ANTENNA; RETURN LOSS; ULTRAWIDEBAND ANTENNA;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 39449131667     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.912946     Document Type: Article

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