On the Suppression of Radiation Nulls and Broadband Impedance Matching of Rectangular Waveguide Phased Arrays

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1971, Pages 41-51

  Lee, Shung Wu ^a   Jones, William R ^a  

^a Ground Systems Group Aircraft Company ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVEGUIDES--RECTANGULAR;

HEO; WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0014970541     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1971.1139893     Document Type: Note

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