Novel compact model for the radiation pattern of UWB antennas using vector spherical and slepian decomposition

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-299

  Dullaert, Wouter ^a   Rogier, Hendrik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antenna radiation patterns; Discrete prolate spheroidal sequences (DPSS); Fidelity factor; Modeling; Spherical modes; Ultrawideband (UWB) antennas; Ultrawideband (UWB) radiation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS; DISCRETE PROLATE SPHEROIDAL SEQUENCE; SPHERICAL MODES; ULTRA WIDE BAND RADIATIONS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; RADIATION; SPHERES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 76849107721     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2037700     Document Type: Article

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