Miniature reconfigurable three-dimensional fractal tree antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1945-1956

  Petko, Joshua S ^a   Werner, Douglas H ^a  

^a IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FRACTALS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FRACTAL ANTENNAS; FRACTAL TREE ANTENNAS; MINIATURE ANTENNAS; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 4344627123     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.832491     Document Type: Article

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