Modified two-element Yagi-uda antenna with tunable beams

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 100, Issue , 2010, Pages 175-187

  Sun, B H ^a   Zhou, S G ^a   Wei, Y F ^a   Liu, Q Z ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS;

BI-DIRECTIONAL; H-PLANES; MEASURED RESULTS; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL; PARASITIC ELEMENT; YAGI-UDA ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 76749114041     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09111501     Document Type: Article

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