Metallized foams for antenna design: Application to fractal-shaped sierpinski-carpet monopole

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 104, Issue , 2010, Pages 239-251

  Anguerat, J ^a   Daniel, J P ^b   Borja, C ^a   Mumbru J ^a   Puente, C ^a   Leduc, T ^b   Sayegrih, K ^b   Van Roy, P ^c  

^a Technology and IPR Department   (Spain)

^b Advanten   (France)

^c Emerson Cuming Anechoic Chambers Nv   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; METALLIZING; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA DESIGN; BASE STATION ANTENNAS; METAL SKIN; NEW APPROACHES; OMNIDIRECTIONAL RADIATION PATTERN; SHAPED STRUCTURES; SIERPINSKI CARPET; SIERPINSKI FRACTALS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 77954626697     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/pier10032003     Document Type: Article

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