Ground plane contribution in wireless handheld devices using radar cross section analysis

Progress In Electromagnetics Research M

Volumn 26, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-114

  Anguera, Jaume ^a,b   Andujar A ^a  

^a Technology and Intellectual Property Rights Department   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAND HELD COMPUTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADAR; TELEPHONE SETS;

CHARACTERISTIC MODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC PERFORMANCE; FREQUENCY PREDICTION; FREQUENCY REGIONS; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; SLOTS IN THE GROUND PLANES; WIRELESS HAND-HELD DEVICES;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

EID: 84867502560     PISSN: 19378726     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERM12081704     Document Type: Article

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