Ultrawide-band fiber-optic control of a millimeter-wave transmit beamformer

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1248-1253

  Tulchinsky, D A ^a   Matthews, P J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Array signal processing; Millimeter wave antenna arrays; Millimeter wave radar optical fiber delay lines; Optical fiber dispersion

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER-WAVE ANTENNA ARRAYS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; DELAY CIRCUITS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFTERS;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0035393899     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.932243     Document Type: Article

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