Analysis, Design, and Operation of a Spherical Inverted-F Antenna

This thesis presents the analysis, design, and fabrication of a spherical inverted-F antenna (SIFA). The SIFA consists of a spherically conformal rectangular patch antenna recessed into a quarter section of a metallic sphere. The sphere acts as a ground plane, and a metal strip shorts the patch to t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDonald, Jacob J.
Other Authors: Huff, Gregory H.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-527