A retrodirective microstrip antenna array

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1802-1809

  Chung, Shyh Jong ^a   Chang, Kai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip patch antenna; Retrodirective antenna

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000676366     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.743816     Document Type: Article

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