Antenna Applications of Superconductors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 1508-1512

  Hansen, R C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS--ARRAYS; ANTENNAS--MILLIMETER WAVES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS--APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; HIGH GAIN MILLIMETER WAVE ARRAYS; KINETIC INDUCTANCE SLOW WAVE STRUCTURES; SUPERDIRECTIVE ARRAYS; TRAVELING WAVE ARRAY FEEDS; TUNING/MATCHING NETWORKS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0026220721     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.83825     Document Type: Article

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