Broadband Planar Antennas: Design and Applications

Broadband Planar Antennas: Design and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-243

  Chen, Zhi Ning ^a   Chia, Michael Y W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

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DOI: 10.1002/0470871768     Document Type: Book

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