Capacitively Loaded Loop-Based Antennas with Reconfigurable Radiation Patterns

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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Figure 5

Figure 5: Capacitively Loaded Loop-Based Antennas with Reconfigurable Radiation Patterns 