Application of characteristic modes and non-foster multiport loading to the design of broadband antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 203-207

  Obeidat, Khaled A ^a   Raines, Bryan D ^a   Rojas, Roberto G ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennas; Broadband antennas; Characteristic modes; Electrically small antennas (ESA); Non foster circuits; Non foster loading

Indexed keywords

BROAD-BAND ANTENNA; CHARACTERISTIC MODES; ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; FOSTER CIRCUITS; NON-FOSTER CIRCUITS; NON-FOSTER LOADING;

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FREQUENCY BANDS; RADIOMETRY;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 73949102203     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2036281     Document Type: Article

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