Design of reconfigurable antennas based on an L-shaped slot and PIN diodes for compact wireless devices

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-54

  Lai, M I ^a,b   Wu, T Y ^a   Hsieh, J C ^a   Wang, C H ^b   Jeng, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; ANTENNAS; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; DESIGN; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIODES; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; POWDERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SLOT ANTENNAS; VARACTORS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS; ANTENNA STRUCTURES; BIAS NETWORKS; COMPACT SIZES; CURRENT DISTRIBUTIONS; DESIGN CONCEPTS; DESIGN PATTERNS; L-SHAPED SLOTS; LUMPED CAPACITORS; NOTE-BOOK COMPUTERS; P-I-N DIODES; PATTERN RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS; SHORT CIRCUITS; SMART PHONES; VARACTOR DIODES; WIRELESS DEVICES;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 58849088618     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map:20080049     Document Type: Article

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