Novel low-cost beam-steering techniques using microstrip patch antenna arrays fed by dielectric image lines

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 453-457

  Li, Ming Yi ^a   Chang, Kai ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FREQUENCIES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SCANNING;

BEAM STEERING TECHNIQUES; DIELECTRIC IMAGE LINES; PATCH ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0032687611     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.768779     Document Type: Article

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