Journal Pre-proofs Regular paper Design and analysis of a Broadband electrically small antenna using charac- teristic mode theory Atefeh Sohrabi, Hamideh Dashti, Javad Ahmadi-Shokouh PII: S1434-8411(19)31762-5 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2019.152991 Reference: AEUE 152991 To appear in: International Journal of Electronics and Commu- nications Received Date: 16 July 2019 Revised Date: 19 October 2019 Accepted Date: 4 November 2019 Please cite this article as: A. Sohrabi, H. Dashti, J. Ahmadi-Shokouh, Design and analysis of a Broadband electrically small antenna using characteristic mode theory, International Journal of Electronics and Communications (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2019.152991 This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2019 Published by Elsevier GmbH.