Tuning method for a new electrically small antenna with low Q

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 303-306

  Adams, Jacob J ^a   Bernhard, Jennifer T ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Electrically small antenna; Helical antenna; Q; Spherical antenna

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; EXTERNAL NETWORK; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; Q; SPHERICAL ANTENNAS; SPHERICAL MODES; TUNABILITIES; TUNING METHOD;

RADIOMETRY; SPHERES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77953733105     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2009.2015437     Document Type: Article

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