Title :
Rigorous closed-form expressions for the surface wave loss of printed antennas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA
fDate :
6/21/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Rigorous closed-form expressions are presented for the radiation efficiency of an arbitrary printed antenna element. These results are an improvement over those which have previously appeared.
Keywords :
antenna theory; losses; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; closed-form expressions; printed antennas; radiation efficiency; surface wave loss;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19900622
