Analysis of Probe-Fed Conformal Microstrip Antennas on Finite Grounded Substrate

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 554-563

  Yuan, Ning ^a   Nie, Xiao Chun ^a   Gan, Yeow Beng ^a   Yeo, Tat Soon ^a   Li, Le Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Finite ground plane; method of moments (MoM); precorrected last Fourier transform (FFT) method; probe fed conformal microstrip antennas

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008022256     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.863115     Document Type: Article

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