A performance comparison of fundamental small-antenna designs

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-70

  Best, Steven R ^a   Hanna, Drayton L ^a  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipole antennas; Electrically small antennas; Helical antennas; Loaded antennas; Quality factor; Resonator; Spherical antennas; Top loaded antennas; Wire antennas

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; LOADED ANTENNAS; QUALITY FACTOR; QUALITY FACTORS; SPHERICAL ANTENNAS; WIRE ANTENNAS;

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; HELICAL ANTENNAS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; RESONATORS; SPHERES; WIRE;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 77952709613     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2010.5466398     Document Type: Article

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