A reevaluation of the radiation Q bounds for loop antennas

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 47-52

  Thal, Herbert L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Electrically small antennas; Equivalent circuits; Loop antennas; Q factor; Spherical antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS; ANTENNA THEORY; ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; Q FACTOR; SPHERICAL ANTENNAS;

ASPECT RATIO; CONTROL THEORY; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; LOOP ANTENNAS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; SPHERES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 70350000608     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2009.5251193     Document Type: Article

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