Tapered wire antenna design for maximum efficiency and minimal environmental impact

ISAPE 2008 - The 8th International Symposium on Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-26

  Galehdar, Amir ^a   Thiel, David V ^a   O'Keefe, Steven G ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANTENNA EFFICIENCIES; DESIGN METHODOLOGIES; FEED POINTS; HIGH CURRENTS; LOW CURRENTS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCIES; POWER CONSUMPTION; PRINTED ANTENNAS; WIRE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 63549091053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISAPE.2008.4735130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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