Dual FET Active Patch Elements for Spatial Power Combiners

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 26-30

  Wu, Xiao Dong ^a   Chang, Kai ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POLARIZATION;

ACTIVE PATCH ELEMENTS; H PLANE CROSS POLARIZATION; QUASIOPTICAL POWER COMBINING;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0029218999     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.363012     Document Type: Article

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