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Title: A Wideband Stacked Patch-Patch Antenna with Hybrid Perturbations for Circular Polarization
Award ID(s):
1655280
PAR ID:
10323104
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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