A planar focusing antenna design using quasi-conformal mapping

Progress In Electromagnetics Research M

Volumn 13, Issue , 2010, Pages 261-273

  Mei, Z L ^a,b   Bai, J ^a   Niu, T M ^a   Cui, T J ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY FACTOR; ANTENNA DESIGN; CONFORMAL TRANSFORMATION; GRADIENT INDEXES; HIGH-DIRECTIVITY; MATERIAL PARAMETER; NEW DEVICES; PARABOLIC SURFACE; SIMULATION RESULT;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; FOCUSING; PARABOLIC ANTENNAS;

DESIGN;

EID: 78650109031     PISSN: 19378726     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERM10053102     Document Type: Article

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