Low-profiledirectionalultra-wideband antenna for see-through-wall imaging applications

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 121, Issue , 2011, Pages 121-139

  Zhu, F ^a   Gao, S ^a   Ho, A T S ^a   Brown, T W C ^a   Li, J Z ^b   Xu, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA GROUNDS; ANTENNA REFLECTORS; BANDWIDTH; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; REFLECTION; RETAINING WALLS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

DIRECTIONAL RADIATION; FREE-SPACE WAVELENGTHS; FRONT TO BACK RATIO; LOW-PROFILE ANTENNAS; MEASURED RESULTS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCB); THROUGH-WALL IMAGING; WIDEBAND ANTENNA;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 81355142174     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER11080907     Document Type: Article

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