Use of an active retrodirective antenna array as a multipath sensor

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 399-401

  Karode, S L ^a   Fusco, V F ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microstrip patch; Multipath; Retrodirective antenna

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSORS;

ACTIVE RETRODIRECTIVE ANTENNA ARRAYS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION EFFECTS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0031360303     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.645186     Document Type: Article

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