On the differentially fed rectangular dielectric resonator antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 353-359

  Li, Bin ^a,b   Leung, Kwok Wa ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dielectric resonator antenna (DRA); Differential feed; Finite difference time domain (FDTD)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNA; DIFFERENTIAL FEED;

DIELECTRIC RESONATORS;

EID: 40549094010     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.915463     Document Type: Article

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