Enhance gain and bandwidth of circularly polarized microstrip patch antenna using gap-coupled method

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 96, Issue , 2009, Pages 127-139

  Chang, T N ^a   Jiang, J H ^a  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; SLOT ANTENNAS;

AXIAL RATIO BANDWIDTH; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; COUPLED METHOD; GAIN AND BANDWIDTHS; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; PARASITIC ELEMENT; PROBE-FED; SQUARE PATCHES;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 70350169846     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09081010     Document Type: Article

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