• DocumentCode
    470641
  • Title

    The Bode-Fano Integral as an Objective Measure of Antenna Bandwidth

  • Author

    McEwan, Neil J. ; Abd-Alhameed, R.A. ; Child, M.B. ; Ghorbani, Amineh ; Zhou, Dizhi

  • Author_Institution
    Mobile & Satellite Commun. Res. Centre, Univ. of Bradford, Bradford
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    11-16 Nov. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Fano integrals are assessed as objective measures of antenna bandwidth and bandwidth improvement schemes. Comparing a U-slot dual resonant antenna with a singly resonant form suggests the integral is invariantly related to overall volume.
  • Keywords
    broadband antennas; integral equations; slot antennas; Bode-Fano integral; U-slot dual resonant antenna; antenna bandwidth; broadband antenna; Bode-Fano integral; Chu limit; broadband antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation, 2007. EuCAP 2007. The Second European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-86341-842-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4458323