Performance of a crossed exponentially tapered slot antenna for UWB systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1345-1352

  Costa, Jorge R ^a,b   Medeiros, Carla R ^a   Fernandes, Carlos A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antenna transient analysis; Linear polarization; Printed broadband antenna; Tapered slot antenna; Ultrawideband (UWB) antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; LINEAR POLARIZATION; PRINTED BROADBAND ANTENNA; TAPERED SLOT ANTENNA; ULTRAWIDEBAND (UWB) ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; POLARIZATION; SLOT ANTENNAS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 67349161637     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2016727     Document Type: Article

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