Proximity study of a conformal UWB directional antenna on water pipe

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1982-1986

  Gaetano, Domenico ^a   Ammann, Max J ^a   McEvoy, Patrick ^a   John, Matthias ^a   Keating, Louise ^b   Horgan, Frances ^b  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

conformal; UWB; Vivaldi; water pipe

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL; DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA; PIPE SURFACES; TAPERED ANTENNA; UWB; VIVALDI; WATER EFFECTS; WATER PIPES;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; WATER PIPELINES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84861406981     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.26979     Document Type: Article

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