The Input Admittance of a Prolate-Spheroidal Monopole Antenna Fed by a Magnetic Frill

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 572-585

  Capoglu, Ilker R ^a   Smith, Glenn S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Admittance; antenna theory; monopole antennas; spheroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008018508     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.863109     Document Type: Article

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