Efficiency, gain and Q of antennas

@inproceedings{citeulike:2674620, abstract = {The fundamental limits of the gain, efficiency and Q-value of an antenna put severe restrictions on small antennas. In this paper it is discussed how one can avoid low efficiency and high Q-values in small antennas by examining the far-field pattern of the antenna. The analysis is based on the expansion of the electromagnetic fields in terms of vector spherical harmonics.}, author = {Karlsson, A. }, booktitle = {Antenna Technology: Small and Smart Antennas Metamaterials and Applications, 2007. IWAT '07. International Workshop on}, citeulike-article-id = {2674620}, doi = {10.1109/IWAT.2007.370155}, journal = {Antenna Technology: Small and Smart Antennas Metamaterials and Applications, 2007. IWAT '07. International Workshop on}, keywords = {antenna, efficiency, gain}, pages = {384--387}, posted-at = {2008-04-15 19:01:39}, priority = {2}, title = {Efficiency, gain and Q of antennas}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2007.370155}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2674620 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2674620 TI - Efficiency, gain and Q of antennas T2 - Antenna Technology: Small and Smart Antennas Metamaterials and Applications, 2007. IWAT '07. International Workshop on JF - Antenna Technology: Small and Smart Antennas Metamaterials and Applications, 2007. IWAT '07. International Workshop on SP - 384 EP - 387 N2 - The fundamental limits of the gain, efficiency and Q-value of an antenna put severe restrictions on small antennas. In this paper it is discussed how one can avoid low efficiency and high Q-values in small antennas by examining the far-field pattern of the antenna. The analysis is based on the expansion of the electromagnetic fields in terms of vector spherical harmonics. KW - antenna KW - efficiency KW - gain AU - Karlsson, A PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2007.370155 ER -