Approaching th Chu small-antenna radiation Q limit

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-131

  Lopez, Alfred R ^a  

^a ARL Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Q factor; Small antennas; Spherical antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNA RADIATION; CONTROL THEORY; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RADIOMETRY;

ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS; ANTENNA THEORY; ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; LOWER BOUNDS; Q FACTOR; RADIATION Q; SMALL ANTENNAS; SPHERICAL ANTENNAS; STORED ENERGY;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 48849110086     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2008.4562270     Document Type: Article

References (6)

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3. L. J. Chu, "Physical Limitations of Omni-Directional Antennas," J. Appl. Phys., 19, December 1948, pp. 1163-1175.
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