On the resonance and radiation characteristics of multi-layered spherical microstrip antennas

Electromagnetics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-264

  Valagiannopoulos, Constantine A ^a   Tsitsas, Nikolaos L ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Galerkin's method; Legendre transform; Luneburg law; Metamaterials; Quality factor; Resonant frequency; Spherical microstrip antenna; T matrix method; Zero index materials

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CLADDING (COATING); DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; RADIATION; RESONANCE;

AIR-GAPS; ARBITRARY NUMBERS; BASIS FUNCTIONS; CAVITY MODELS; CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTROL MECHANISMS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; GALERKIN'S TECHNIQUE; HIGH QUALITY FACTOR (Q); INDEX MATERIAL; LEGENDRE TRANSFORMS; MICROSTRIP (MSL); MULTI-LAYERED; NUMERICA L RESULTS; RADIAL FUNCTIONS; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SINGULAR POINTS; SPHERICAL(PIVOT); SURF ACE CURRENTS; T MATRIX METHODS;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 46249122159     PISSN: 02726343     EISSN: 1532527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726340802040096     Document Type: Article

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