Modified compact antipodal Vivaldi antenna for 4-50-GHz UWB application

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 4 PART 2, 2011, Pages 1051-1057

  Bai, Jian ^a   Shi, Shouyuan ^a   Prather, Dennis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

RF photonics; ultra wideband (UWB); Vivaldi antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTIPODAL VIVALDI ANTENNA; H-PLANES; IMPEDANCE BANDWIDTHS; LOW FREQUENCY; MEASUREMENT BANDWIDTH; RADIATION PATTERNS; RF PHOTONICS; UWB APPLICATIONS; VIVALDI ANTENNA; VIVALDI ANTENNAS; WIDE-BAND;

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; SLOT ANTENNAS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 79954590077     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2113970     Document Type: Article

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