Element efficiency and noise in grid arrays

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 11 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1949-1955

  De Lisio, Michael P ^a   Weikle, Robert M ^b   Rutledge, David B ^c  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Element efficiency; Grid arrays; Noise; Quasioptics

Indexed keywords

HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GRID ARRAYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0032208739     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.734517     Document Type: Article

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