Low-Q, electrically small, efficient near-field resonant parasitic antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2548-2563

  Jin, Peng ^a   Ziolkowski, Richard W ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna efficiency; Antenna input impedance; Antenna theory; Artificial materials; Electrically small antennas; Q factor

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA EFFICIENCY; ANTENNA INPUT IMPEDANCE; ANTENNA THEORY; ARTIFICIAL MATERIALS; ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; Q FACTOR;

CIRCUIT THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROLYTIC ANALYSIS; METAMATERIALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 70349240666     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2027162     Document Type: Article

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