New phase shifters and phased antenna array designs based on ferroelectric materials and CTS technologies

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2547-2553

  Iskander, Magdy F ^a,b   Zhang, Zhijun ^a,b   Yun, Zhengqing ^a,b   Isom, Robert S ^a,b   Hawkins, Michael G ^b   Emrick, Rudy ^a,c   Bosco, Bruce ^c   Synowczynski, Jennifer ^d   Gersten, Bonnie ^d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c Millimeter Wave and Optics Design Laboratory   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna array; Continuous transverse stub; Ferroelectric material; Microstrip; Multilayer dielectrics; Phase shifter

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TRANSVERSE STUB (CTS) TECHNOLOGIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MULTILAYERS; PHASE SHIFTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0035683307     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.971648     Document Type: Conference Paper

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