Circular dipole antenna for mode 1 UWB radio with integrated balun utilizing a flex-rigid structure

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 10 PART 2, 2009, Pages 2967-2971

  Karlsson, Magnus ^a   Gong, Shaofang ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balun; Broadside coupled; Circular; Dipole antenna; Ultrawideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

BALUN; BROADSIDE COUPLED; FLEXIBLE PARTS; FULLY INTEGRATED; LINEAR PHASE RESPONSE; MICRO-STRIPS; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; RIGID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RIGID STRUCTURE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO; UWB RADIOS; VOLTAGE STANDING-WAVE RATIO;

COUPLED CIRCUITS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; RIGID STRUCTURES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 71949117124     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2028626     Document Type: Article

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