Wideband and high-gain composite cavity-backed crossed triangular bowtie dipoles for circularly polarized radiation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3157-3164

  Qu, Shi Wei ^a   Chan, Chi Hou ^b   Xue, Quan ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bowtie antennas; cavity backed antennas; circular polarization; unidirectional patterns

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; MICROSTRIP LINES;

AXIAL RATIO BANDWIDTH; BOW-TIE ANTENNAS; CAVITY BACKED ANTENNA; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED RADIATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; IMPEDANCE BANDWIDTHS; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; UNIDIRECTIONAL PATTERNS;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 84988285689     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2055792     Document Type: Article

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