Progress in active integrated antennas and their applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 11 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1891-1900

  Qian, Yongxi ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active integrated antenna; Phased array; Power amplifier; Power combining; Quasi optics; Retrodirective array; Transponder; Wireless

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; MILLIMETER WAVES; TRANSPONDERS;

ACTIVE INTEGRATED ANTENNAS (AIA);

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032206921     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.734506     Document Type: Article

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