Varactor-loaded left handed loop antenna with reconfigurable radiation patterns

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Liu, Q ^a   Hall, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC VOLTAGE; FR4 SUBSTRATES; LEFT HANDED; LEFT-HANDED TRANSMISSION LINE; NUMBER OF UNIT CELLS; OUTER LOOP; PROTOTYPE ANTENNAS; RADIATION PATTERNS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; SERIES CAPACITORS; SHUNT INDUCTORS; SIMULATED PERFORMANCE; TRANSMISSION LINE; UNIT CELLS;

ANTENNAS; BANDPASS FILTERS; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; VARACTORS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 71049169640     PISSN: 15223965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2009.5171563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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