Comparison of conventional and fiberoptic manifolds for a dual band (UHF and S) phased-array antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 246-253

  Goutzoulis, Anastasios P ^a,b   Gouse, Ronald P ^a,b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Integrated Sensors Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Phased arrays

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COAXIAL CABLES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRIP TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DUAL MODE AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE RADAR; OPTICAL CARRIER FREQUENCY; STRIPLINE COMBINER CIRCUITS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0031079062     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.560343     Document Type: Article

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