Optimal characteristics of an arbitrary receive antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3720-3727

  Kwon, Do Hoon ^a   Pozar, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna optimization; Antennas; Receive antennas

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ANTENNA OPTIMIZATION; FREE SPACE; GROUND PLANES; INCIDENT FIELDS; INCIDENT POWER; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; MAGNETIC ELEMENTS; OPTIMAL RESULTS; PLANE WAVE; RECEIVE ANTENNA; RECEIVED POWER; RECEIVING ARRAYS; SPHERICAL SURFACE; SPHERICAL VECTOR WAVE FUNCTIONS;

FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

EID: 72649107207     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2025975     Document Type: Article

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