Ultra wideband coplanar waveguide fed spiral antenna for humanitarian demining

2000 30th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Thaysen, Jesper ^a   Jakobsen, Kaj B ^a   Appel Hansen, Jørgen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

CAVITY-BACKED; COPLANAR STRIPS; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE FED; FREQUENCY RANGES; HUMANITARIAN DEMINING; NON-METALLIC; STEPPED FREQUENCY GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; WIDE-BAND BALUN;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 84897553807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.2000.338738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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