Gain enhancement of low-profile, electrically small capacitive feed antennas using stacked meander lines

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fukusako, Takeshi ^a   Ide, Kazuki ^a   Ijiguchi, Satoshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA GAINS; CAPACITIVE FEED; GAIN ENHANCEMENT; IMAGINARY PARTS; INPUT IMPEDANCE; LINEAR ANTENNAS; LOW PROFILE; MEANDER LINE; MEANDER LINE ANTENNAS; MEASURED RESULTS; METALLIC LAYERS; MIDDLE LAYER; MOBILE TERMINAL; RF-ID TAGS; THREE-LAYER; TWO LAYERS;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MOBILE PHONES; RADIO NAVIGATION; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 78651566985     PISSN: 16875869     EISSN: 16875877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/606717     Document Type: Article

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