Lower bounds on the Q of electrically small dipole antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3114-3121

  Yaghjian, Arthur D ^a   Stuart, Howard R ^b  

^a Research Consultant   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipole antennas; equivalence principle; lower bounds; quality factor

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SOURCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPRESSION; EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLES; GENERAL EXPRESSION; GENERAL SOURCE; LOWER BOUNDS; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; MAGNETIC POLARIZABILITIES; MAGNETOSTATIC FIELD; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; PER UNIT VOLUME; PERFECTLY ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING; QUALITY FACTORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSTATICS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 77957794390     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2055790     Document Type: Article

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