Fundamental limits and design guidelines for miniaturizing ultra-wideband antennas

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 57-69

  Kramer, B A ^a   Chen, C C ^a   Lee, M ^a   Volakis, J L ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna miniaturization; Antenna theory; Electrically small antennas; Impedance matching; Loaded antennas; Log spiral antennas; Ultra wideband antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MINIATURIZATION; ANTENNA THEORY; ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; LOADED ANTENNAS; SPIRAL ANTENNAS; ULTRA WIDE-BAND ANTENNAS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADIOMETRY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 71549134905     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2009.5338684     Document Type: Article

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