Isophoric arrays - massively thinned phased arrays with well-controlled sidelobes

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1825-1835

  Leeper, David G ^a  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA LOBES; CONSTRAINT THEORY; NYQUIST DIAGRAMS;

ISOPHORIC ARRAYS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0033336646     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.817659     Document Type: Article

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