A waveguide-based aperture-coupled patch amplifier array - full-wave system analysis and experimental validation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2692-2699

  Yakovlev, Alexander B ^a   Ortiz, Scan ^b   Ozkar, Mete ^b   Mortazawi, Amir ^b   Steer, Michael B ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifier network; Dyadic green's functions; Generalized scattering matrix (gsm); Integral equations; Method of moments (mom); Patch, slot arrays; Spatial power combining; Waveguide transition

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONNECTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROSTRIP LINES; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

GENERALIZED SCATTERING MATRIX (GSM);

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0034428875     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.899032     Document Type: Article

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