A monofilar spiral antenna and its array above a ground plane-formation of a circularly polarized tilted fan beam

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1506-1511

  Nakano, Hisamatsu ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Array antenna; Moment method solutions; Spiral antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; ESTIMATION; PHASE SHIFTERS;

ARCHIMEDEAN SPIRAL FUNCTION; MONOFILAR SPIRAL ANTENNA; MULTIARM SPIRAL ANTENNA;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0031257907     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.633858     Document Type: Article

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