A reconfigurable U-Koch microstrip antenna for wireless applications

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 93, Issue , 2009, Pages 355-367

  Ramadan, A H ^a   Kabalan, K Y ^a   El Hajj, A ^a   Khoury, S ^a   Al Husseini, M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA GROUNDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTALS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SLOT ANTENNAS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

KOCH FRACTAL GEOMETRY; MICROSTRIP LINE FEDS; OPERATION BANDS; PARTIAL GROUND PLANE; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCB); RECONFIGURABLE; TUNABILITIES; WIRELESS APPLICATION;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 69849089228     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09050605     Document Type: Article

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