A Single-Layer Slotted Leaky Waveguide Array Antenna for Mobile Reception of Direct Broadcast from Satellite

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 749-755

  Hirokawa, Jiro ^a   Goto, Naohisa ^a   Ando, Makoto ^a   Takahashi, Nobuharu ^b   Ojima, Takashi ^b   Uematsu, Masahiro ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; WAVEGUIDES;

BEAM TILTING ANGLE; CARRIER TO NOISE RATIO; DIRECT BROADCAST FROM SATELLITE; MOBILE RECEPTION;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0029411329     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: 19399359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.467958     Document Type: Article

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