Design of a reconfigurable antenna for ground penetrating radar applications

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 94, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-18

  Romano, N ^a   Prisco, G ^b   Soldovieri, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Via Circumvallazione ^*  (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FREQUENCY BANDS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOMETRY; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

BOW-TIE ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC MEDIA; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; RECONFIGURABILITY; RECONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; REFERENCE ANTENNAS; STEPPED FREQUENCY GROUND PENETRATING RADARS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 69849110647     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09040802     Document Type: Article

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