Size reduction and bandwidth enhancement of snowflake fractal antenna

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-187

  Mirzapour, B ^a   Hassani, H R ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRODUCT DESIGN; SIZE DETERMINATION;

SLOT-LOADING TECHNIQUE; SNOWFLAKE FRACTAL ANTENNA;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 40549083335     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map:20070133     Document Type: Article

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