Analysis of Soft and Hard Strip-Loaded Horns Using a Circular Cylindrical Model

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 783-793

  Lier, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS, MICROSTRIP; WAVEGUIDES;

CORRUGATED HORN; DIELECTRIC WALL; SPACE HARMONICS; STRIP-LOAD HORNS; STRIPLINE MODES; UNIFORM WAVEGUIDE;

ANTENNAS, HORN;

EID: 0025448174     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.55573     Document Type: Article

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