Quality assessment of computational techniques and software tools for planar-antenna analysis

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-38

  Vasylchenko, Alexander ^a,b   De Raedt, W ^b   Vandenbosch, G A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computer aided analysis; Electromagnetic analysis; Microstrip antennas; Monopole antennas; Planar antennas; Simulation software; Ultra wideband antennas

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; PLANAR ANTENNAS; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNAS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

EID: 66749097168     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2009.4939017     Document Type: Article

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