Ultrawideband composite cavity-backed folded sectorial bowtie antenna with stable pattern and high gain

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2478-2483

  Qu, Shi Wei ^a   Chan, Chi Hou ^a   Xue, Quan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bowtie antennas; Cavity backed antennas; Unidirectional patterns; UWB antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; BOWTIE ANTENNAS; CAVITY BACKED ANTENNA; CAVITY-BACKED ANTENNAS; COMPOSITE CAVITY; FREE-SPACE WAVELENGTHS; HIGH GAIN; IMPEDANCE BANDWIDTHS; OPERATING BANDS; OPERATING FREQUENCY BANDS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SMA CONNECTORS; STABLE PATTERNS; STABLE RADIATION; STRIP LINE; UNIDIRECTIONAL PATTERNS; UWB ANTENNAS; WIDE-BAND;

ANTENNAS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; FREQUENCY BANDS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 68949207917     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2024585     Document Type: Article

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