Efficiency of a compact elliptical planar ultra-wideband antenna based on conductive polymers

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kaufmann, Thomas ^a   Verma, Akhilesh ^a   Truong, Van Tan ^b   Weng, Bo ^c   Shepherd, Roderick ^d   Fumeaux, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; CONDUCTOR LOSS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; METALLIC PAINT; PLANAR ANTENNAS; RADIATING ELEMENTS; REFERENCE ANTENNAS; THICK LAYERS; ULTRA WIDE-BAND ANTENNAS; ULTRAWIDEBAND APPLICATIONS;

ANTENNAS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT TESTING; POLYPYRROLES; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

POLYMERS;

EID: 84862271003     PISSN: 16875869     EISSN: 16875877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/972696     Document Type: Article

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