Analysis of a wideband plasma monopole antenna design
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https://doi.org/10.1109/ICATT.2011.6170794Keywords:
plasma antenna, circular monopole antennaAbstract
Wideband circular plasma monopole antenna based on circular monopole theory is proposed. The impedance and radiation characteristics of this antenna are presented. The results show that the bandwidth with return loss below -10 dB of the circular plasma monopole antenna can get 123%.References
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