The significance of ground-plane size and antenna location in establishing the performance of ground-plane-dependent antennas

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 29-43

  Best, Steven R ^a  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna feeds; Antenna theory; Ground plane; Multi band antennas; Small antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDS; ANTENNA THEORY; GROUND PLANES; MULTIBAND ANTENNAS; SMALL ANTENNA;

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA GROUNDS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77949832462     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2009.5433095     Document Type: Article

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