Improved bandwidth and F/B ratio of a CPW-fed planar monopole antenna

M S Ellis1, A-R Ahmed1, J J Kponyo1

  • 1Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

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|August 19, 2022
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