RC-loaded bow-tie antenna for improved pulse radiation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2555-2563

  Lestari, Andrian Andaya ^a   Yarovoy, Alexander G ^a   Ligthart, Leo P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; SLOT ANTENNAS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BOW TIE ANTENNAS; CAPACITIVE LOADING; INPUT IMPEDANCE; PULSE RADIATION; RESISTIVE LOADING; VOLUMETRIC MICROWAVE ABSORBERS;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 7244256258     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.834444     Document Type: Article

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