UWB, non dispersive radiation from the planarly fed leaky lens antenna part 1: Theory and design

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2238-2247

  Neto, Andrea ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersive channels; electromagnetic theory; lens antennas; ultrawideband antennas; ultrawideband radiation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIVE CHANNELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY; ULTRA WIDE BAND RADIATIONS; ULTRA WIDE-BAND ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LENSES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SLOT ANTENNAS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 77954560874     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2048879     Document Type: Article

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