Self-phasing antenna array techniques for mobile communications applications

Electronics and Communication Engineering Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 279-286

  Fusco, Vincent F ^b   Karode, Shyam L ^a  

^a INOTEK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANTENNA RADIATION; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

RETRODIRECTIVE ANTENNA ARRAYS;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0033345613     PISSN: 09540695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ecej:19990608     Document Type: Article

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