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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 829371, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/829371
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Improved Low-Profile Helical Antenna Design for INMARSAT Applications

Shiqiang Fu, Yuan Cao, Yue Zhou, and Shaojun Fang

School of Information Science and Technology, Dalian Maritime University, Liaoning, Dalian 116026, China

Received 9 April 2012; Revised 19 May 2012; Accepted 20 May 2012

Academic Editor: Z. Chen

Copyright © 2012 Shiqiang Fu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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