Liquid crystal tunable microstrip patch antenna

Electronics Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1179-1181

  Liu, L ^a   Langley, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNAS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; POWDERS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL (LC); MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; TUNING RANGE;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 52349122122     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20081995     Document Type: Article

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