Loading effects of self-biased magnetic films on patch antennas with substrate/superstrate sandwich structure

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1172-1181

  Yang, G M ^a   Xing, X ^a   Obi, O ^a   Daigle, A ^a   Liu, M ^a   Stoute, S ^a   Naishadham, K ^b   Sun, N X ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; ANTENNA DESIGN; ANTENNA GAINS; ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; ANTENNA SUBSTRATES; DOWN SHIFTS; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; FERRITE FILMS; FERRITE LOADING; GIGAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; LOADED ANTENNAS; LOADING EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MINIATURE ANTENNA; NONMAGNETICS; PATCH ANTENNA; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SELF-BIASED; SPIN SPRAY;

FERRITE; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SUBSTRATES;

MAGNETIC THICK FILMS;

EID: 77957151305     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2009.0429     Document Type: Article

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