Comments on A new model for calculating the input impedance of coax-fed circular microstrip antenna

For original paper by Abboud et al. see IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol.38, p.1882-5 (1990). In the original paper, the resonance frequency of coax-fed circular microstrip antennas with and without air gaps has been modeled (in its Section III) by incorporating and rearranging some results previously reported by others. The present author, while working with the formulas of that Section III noticed a discrepancy in (8) and (9). This has been investigated thoroughly and the observations are presented. A brief reply is given by Damiano et al.

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