A Survey of Possible Passive Antenna Applications of High-Temperature Superconductors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 1498-1507

  Dinger, Robert J ^a   Bowling, Donald R ^a   Martin, Anna M ^a  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antenna arrays; antenna feed networks; antennas; electrically small antennas; High temperature superconductivity; superdirectivity

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS--ARRAYS; ANTENNAS--FEED SYSTEMS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS--APPLICATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS--APPLICATIONS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS--APPLICATIONS;

COMPACT ARRAYS; ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; ENHANCED DIRECTIVE GAIN; FEED/MATCHING NETWORKS; HALF-LOOP ANTENNAS; SUPERDIRECTIVE ARRAYS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0026219437     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.83824     Document Type: Article

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