A Small Dipole-Fed Resonant Reflector Antenna with High Efficiency, Low Cross Polarization, and Low Sidelobes

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1985, Pages 1386-1391

  Kildal, Per Simon ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS - FEED SYSTEMS; RADIATION EFFECTS - CONTROL;

BEAMFORMING RING; DIPOLE-RESONANT REFLECTOR ANTENNA; FEED REFLECTOR RESONANCES GAIN; HIGH EFFICIENCY, LOW CROSS POLARIZATION;

ANTENNAS, DIPOLE;

EID: 0022185137     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1985.1143540     Document Type: Article

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