Design, simulation, fabrication and testing of flexible bow-tie antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4425-4435

  Durgun, Ahmet Cemal ^a   Balanis, Constantine A ^a   Birtcher, Craig R ^a   Allee, David R ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

Bow tie antenna; broadband antenna; flexible antenna; heat stabilized PEN; microstrip to coplanar feed network balun

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY; BOW TIE; BOW-TIE ANTENNAS; BROAD-BAND ANTENNA; CURVED SURFACES; FEED NETWORKS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HEAT STABILIZED PEN; POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE; RADIATION PERFORMANCE; RETURN LOSS; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FABRICATION; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; METALLIZING;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 82455187739     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2165511     Document Type: Article

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