The theory and design of fractal antenna arrays

Frontiers in Electromagnetics

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 94-203

  Werner, Douglas H ^a   Werner, Pingjuan L ^b   Jaggard, Dwight L ^b   Jaggard, Aaron D ^b   Puente, Carles ^b   Haupt, Randy L ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antenna radiation patterns; Fractal antennas; Fractals; Generators; Linear antenna arrays

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FRACTALS; GAS GENERATORS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

ANTENNA ENGINEERING; BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS; FRACTAL ANTENNA; FRACTAL ELECTRODYNAMICS; FREQUENCY INDEPENDENT; LINEAR ANTENNA ARRAYS; MULTIBAND CHARACTERISTICS; THEORY AND DESIGNS;

BEAM FORMING NETWORKS;

EID: 85037165501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1109/9780470544686.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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