Analysis and design of a differentially-fed frequency agile microstrip patch antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3122-3130

  Hum, Sean Victor ^a   Xiong, Hui Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frequency agile antennas; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; reconfigurable antennas; varactors

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FEEDING SCHEME; FREQUENCY AGILE; FREQUENCY AGILE ANTENNAS; FREQUENCY TUNING RATIO; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIPES; MULTI-FREQUENCY ANTENNA; PATCH ANTENNA; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; RF TRANSCEIVERS; VARACTOR DIODES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; DIODES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; SPACE OPTICS; TUNING;

VARACTORS;

EID: 77957788268     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2055805     Document Type: Article

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